Bart Baxter is an American poet living in London, UK. He has been published in ERGO! (a paperback anthology of work by
Bumbershoot
Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts festival held in Seattle, Washington. One of North America's largest such festivals, it takes place every Labor Day weekend (leading up to and including the first Monday of September) at the ...
writers),
Seattle Review
''The Seattle Review'' is a leading literary journal founded in 1977 by Donna Gerstenberger and Nelson Bentley.Poetic License, The Seattle Times, March 10, 1991 It is based at the University of Washington. Work that has previously appeared in th ...
, Red Cedar Review, The Ohio Poetry Review and Raven Chronicles. The Washington Poets Association created the Bart Baxter Award in 1998 which "recognizes poetry on the stage, not just on the page." Baxter was on the board of
Red Sky Poetry Theatre for three years from 1989 - 1991.
Books
*''A Man, Ostensibly,'' Egress Studio Press, 2004
* ''The Man with St. Vitus' Dance,'' Floating Bridge Press, Seattle, 2000 (includes CD with QuickTime video of Bart performing title poem)
* ''Sonnets from the Mare Imbrium,'' Floating Bridge Press, Seattle, 1999
* ''Peace for the Arsonist,'' Bacchae Press, Bristolville, Ohio, 1995
* ''Driving Wrong,'' Poetry Around Press, Seattle, 1992.
Awards
* 1994 Hart Crane Award (
Kent State University)
* 1994 MTV Poetry Grand Slam
"In The Spotlight"
The Western Front, March 1, 2002, accessed April 21, 2014
* 1995 Charles Proctor Award ( Washington State)
* 1996 Carlin Aden Award
* 1997 William Stafford Award
* 1998 Seattle Poetry Grand Slam
References
External links
on Bart baxterhis awards
Poets from Washington (state)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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