David Romtvedt

David Romtvedt is an American poet.

Life[edit]

He graduated from Reed College,^[1] and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He teaches at University of Wyoming.^[2] He lives in Buffalo, Wyoming,^[3] with his wife, the potter Margo Brown. His daughter, Caitlin Belem, plays Brazilian and Latin music with the band Maracuja.

His work has appeared in The Sun Magazine,^[4] The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner,^[5] The Missouri Review,^[6] and the Basque cultural review Erle.

He is a founder and current board member of Worlds of Music.^[7] Romtvedt plays button accordion with the band The Fireants. They have recorded three CDs: Bury My Clothes, Ants on Ice and It's Hot. The band plays Latin and Cajun/Zydeco music as well as original music that David Romtvedt has written.

Awards[edit]

• 1991 National Poetry Series, for A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know
• Pushcart Prize
• two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
• Wyoming Arts Council literature fellowship
• Wyoming Governor's Arts Award.

Works[edit]

• Dilemmas of the Angels. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. 2017. ISBN 978-0-8071-6580-5
• Zelestina Urza in Outer Space. Reno, NV: Center for Basque Studies. University of Nevada. 2015. ISBN 978-1-935709-61-9.
• Buffalotarrak. Reno, NV: Center for Basque Studies. University of Nevada. 2011. ISBN 978-1-935709-14-5.
• Some Church. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions. 2005. ISBN 1-57131-422-9.
• Windmill: Essays from Four Mile Ranch. Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books. 1997. ISBN 1-878610-62-7.
• Certainty: Poems. Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press. 1996. ISBN 1-877727-59-8.
• A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know: Poems. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press. 1992. ISBN 1-55659-046-6.
• Crossing Wyoming. Fredonia, New York: White Pine Press. 1992. ISBN 978-1-877727-23-8.
• Yip, a Cowboy's Howl. Spartanburg, SC: Holocene Books. 1991.
• Letters from Mexico. Missoula, MT: Kutenai Press. 1988. ISBN 0-937459-04-6.. Illustrated by Pat Weyer.
• How Many Horses. Memphis, TN: Ion Books. 1988. ISBN 0-938507-15-X.
• Moon: Poems (1984). St. Paul, MN: Bieler Press. ISBN 0-931460-16-6. Illustrated by R W Scholes.
• Free and Compulsory for All: Tales. Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press. 1984. ISBN 0-915308-50-9.

Anthologies[edit]

• John Bradley, ed. (1995). "Eating Dinner at My Sister's". Atomic ghost: poets respond to the nuclear age. Coffee House Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56689-027-4. David Romtvedt.
• Sam Hamill, ed. (1996). The gift of tongues: twenty-five years of poetry from Copper Canyon Press. Copper Canyon Press. ISBN 978-1-55659-116-7.

Editor[edit]

• Michael Shay; David Romtvedt; Linn Rounds, eds. (2003). Deep West: A literary tour of Wyoming. Greybull, WY: Pronghorn Press. ISBN 0-9714725-7-2.
• David Romtvedt, ed. (2007). Wyoming Fence Lines. Wyoming Humanities Council. ISBN 978-0-9789829-1-1.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "An E-view with David Romtvedt", Drunken boat
• "Windmill: Essays from Four Mile Ranch by David Romtvedt", Wind Works