Keith Ratzlaff's books of poetry are Then, A Thousand Crows (Anhinga, 2009) Dubious Angels: Poems after Paul Klee (Anhinga 2005); Man Under A Pear Tree (winner of the Anhinga Prize in 1996); and Across The Known World (Mid-Prairie, 1998). His awards include the 1996 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, the Theodore Roethke Award, and a Pushcart Prize. His poems and reviews have appeared in Poetry Northwest, The Georgia Review, New England Review, The Threepenny Review, Colorado Review and North American Review. His recent poems also appear in "Poets of the New Century"(David R. Godine, 2001); "A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry"(University of Iowa Press, 2003); "Snakebird: Thirty Years of Anhinga Poets" and The Best American Poetry 2009 ed. By David Lehman. He is Professor of English at Central College in Pella, Iowa, where he teaches writing and literature. Read some of Keith's work here.
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