Matt Rasmussen

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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. [1]

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Black Aperture, his first book, which is primarily concerned with his brother's suicide, [2] [3] was a 2013 National Book Award finalist and 2014 Minnesota Book Awards winner.

Works

Poetry

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 Matt Rasmussen, poets.org.
  2. ↑ Klein, Michael. "Brothers Who Got Lost: Black Aperture by Matt Rasmussen and Flies by Michael Dickman". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 Lund, Elizabeth. "Finalists for the National Book Award in poetry". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Past Winners and Finalists: 2014". Minnesota Book Awards. The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Retrieved 26 December 2016.


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