Lance Larsen (born 1961 in Pocatello, Idaho) is an American poet. He served as

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from 2012 to 2017. In 2007 he received the Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the

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. He has been published widely in many of the top poetry journals in the country, including ''

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'', '' Orion'', '' JuxtaProse'' and the 2005 Pushcart Prize Anthology. His writing has been described as embodying a "quaintly romantic notion that mortality and love and soul are the abiding themes of life and art."Utah’s Poet Laureate – Lance Larsen
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* ''Erasable Walls'' (1998) * ''In All Their Animal Brilliance'' (2005) * ''Backyard Alchemy'' (2009) * ''Genius Loci'' (2013) * ''What the Body Knows'' (2018)

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{{Authority control 1961 births American male poets Brigham Young University faculty Latter Day Saint poets Latter Day Saints from Utah Poets from Utah Poets Laureate of Utah University of Houston alumni Living people

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