William Pitt Root
William Pitt Root's most recent book is White Boots: New & Selected Poems of the West (Carolina Wren Press). The Storm and Other Poems, (nominated for Pulitzer and Lamont prizes) joined Carnegie Mellon's Classic Contemporary series in 2005. Trace Elements from a Recurring Kingdom: The First Five Books was listed by The Nation as a Notable Book. He has been a USIUK Exchange Artist, fellow of the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations, Stanford University, and the NEA, and has read in Italy, England, Sweden, Macedonia, and the Prague Summer Workshops. His work has appeared in a score of languages.
For more on William Pitt Root,
- Read and listen to his poem "Wherever" at The Atlantic Online
- Read his poem "Santorini: Fragmentos" and his article titled "About Joy Hargo" at Ploughshares
- Read his poems "Song of the Piper" and "Temperance Poems" at Poetry Foundation
- Read his poem "Night Poem in the Shauwangunks" at Cold Mountain Review
- Bios, bibliography, and poems at the Colorado Poets Center
- "Love Runes" at Poems Niederngrasse
- "Songs of Ourselves as Hives of Mystery" at Context Institute
- Read his interview with the Tucson Weekly
- Video below of Root reading at the University of Arizona Poetry Center
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