Vern Rutsala (1934–2014)

Vern Rutsala's The Movement's Equation was a finalist for the National Book Award. Other recent books include A Handbook for Writers, How We Spent Out Time (Akron Poetry Prize), and Other Voices. Earlier books include The Window, Laments, The Journey Begins Paragraph, Walking Home from the show more Icehouse, Ruined Cites, Selected Poems (Oregon Book Award), and Little-Known Sports (Juniper Prize). Other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA grants a Masters Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commissions, two Carolyn Kizet Poetry Prizes, the Kenneth O. Hanson Award the Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and the C.E.S. Wood Award. show less