Ted Kooser ('62 English and speech) has elevated Iowa State University's prominence in the literary arts more than any other graduate in the university's history. Kooser, an Ames, Iowa, native who now lives in Garland, Nebraska, has written 11 books of poetry, two nonfiction books, and 11 special edition works since 1969. Kooser is best known for his poetry. isualum.org
Poet Laureate of the United States . He earned a BS at Iowa State University in 1962 and the MA at the University of Nebraska in 1968. mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/kooser.htm
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Ted Kooser is a poet and essayist, a professor of English at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and most recently, the United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 - 2006. www.tedkooser.com/
Ted Kooser has been compared to Robert Frost for just this reason: he writes about a regional landscape and a way of life that is passing away. www.valpo.edu/english/vpr/purdyreviewkooser.html
Two-time United States Poet Laureate (2004-2006), the highly regarded Nebraskan poet Ted Kooser was the first poet from the Great Plains to hold the position. A professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln he is the author of eleven full-le blueflowerarts.com/tkooser.html