Ed Skoog (born 1971, in

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) is an American

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Life

He graduated from

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, and from the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

, with an MFA. He worked at the

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and the

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. He taught at

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, and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He lived in southern California, where he was chair of creative writing at

Idyllwild Arts Academy Idyllwild Arts Academy is a private school located in Idyllwild, in the San Jacinto Mountains and San Bernardino National Forest, within western Riverside County, California. The school was founded in 1946. It was previously known as Idyllwild S ...

. He was writer-in-residence at the Hugo House. He has been the Jennie McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington Fellow at

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. Most recently, he was a visiting writer at the University of Montana. He currently resides in

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. His poems have been published in ''Poetry'', ''American Poetry Review'', ''Ploughshares'', ''Threepenny Review,'' and ''The Paris Review''. Skoog's debut collection, ''Mister Skylight'' (

Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, founded in 1972 specializing exclusively in the publication of poetry. It is located in Port Townsend, Washington. Copper Canyon Press publishes new collections of poetry by both popu ...

, 2009), is an alert to disasters and to the hope of rescue. Interior dramas of the self play out in a clash of poetic traditions, exuberant imagery, and wild metaphor. His second book of poems, ''Rough Day'' (

, 2013), a 2013 Lannan Literary Selection, finds unity in a fixation on American events and landscapes. His newest collection, ''Run the Red Lights'', balances the domestic and private with the exhilaration of public performance. He is the judge for the 2019 Burnside Review Press Book Award.

Awards

* 2005 Marble Faun Prize in Poetry by the Pirate’s Alley William Faulkner Society *

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Lyric Poetry Award from the

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. *2012 Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship

Works

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"West Coast", ''Narrative'', Summer 2009"Little Song", ''Narrative''"Like Night Catching Jackrabbits in Its Barbed Wire", ''American Poetry Review'', Vol. 37 No. 2"The Reinvention of Suffering", ''Body'', August 2012.

References

External links

"Author's website""Seattle Poetry Chain", ''The Stranger''
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091113192529/http://davejarecki.com/creative/2009/ed-skoog-poetry/ "Ed Skoog", ''Dave Jarecki'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Skoog, Ed American male poets 1971 births Writers from Topeka, Kansas Kansas State University alumni University of Montana alumni Living people 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers