Matt Rasmussen is an American poet, and a founder of poetry publishing house Birds LLC. He was born in International Falls, Minnesota. He obtained degrees from Emerson College and Gustavus Adolphus College, where he teaches.
[''Matt Rasmussen'']
poets.org.
''Black Aperture'', his first book, which is primarily concerned with his brother's suicide,
was a 2013 National Book Award finalist and 2014 Minnesota Book Awards winner.
Works
Poetry
* ''Fingergun'' (2006), chapbook. Kitchen Press.
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* ''Black Aperture'' (2013). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
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Awards and honors
* List of winners of the Walt Whitman Award, Walt Whitman Award, 2012[
* National Book Award, National Book Award Finalist, 2013][
* Minnesota Book Awards, Minnesota Book Awards, 2014]
References
External links
*
Birds LLC website
Profile at the Poetry Foundation website
Year of birth missing (living people)
American male poets
Living people
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