Romtvedt, David


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Buffalo, WY 82834
romtvedt@wyoming.com
Website
Johnson County

Biographical and Professional Information

Romtvedt’s books of poetry include Certainty, How Many Horses, and A Flower Whose Name I do Not Know which won the National Poetry Series award. His work has been selected for the Pushcart Prize and for two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, one in poetry and the other an international fellowship in poetry and music. He is a recipient of a Wyoming Arts Council literature fellowship and the Wyoming Governor's Arts Award. Romtvedt serves as faculty member in the MFA program for writers at University of Wyoming. He lives in Buffalo, Wyoming, with his wife, the potter Margo Brown. He is a founder and current board member of Worlds of Music, a foundation devoted to giving people the opportunity to participate in the making of music that come from cultures around the world.

Genres

Autobiography or Biography
Essay
Fiction
History
Nonfiction
Poetry
Wyoming Subjects

Titles

  • Some Church (2005). Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions. ISBN: 1571314229.
  • Deep West: A literary tour of Wyoming (Editor) (2003). Greybull, WY: Pronghorn Press. ISBN: 0971472572. Co-editors Michael Shay and Linn Rounds.
  • Windmill: Essays from Four Mile Ranch (1997). Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books. ISBN: 1878610627.
  • Certainty: Poems (1996). Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press. ISBN: 1877727598.
  • Buffalotarrak: An anthology of the Basque people of Buffalo, Wyoming (Editor) (1995). Buffalo, WY: Red Hills Publications. ISBN: 0963375512. Co-editor Dollie Iberlin.
  • A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know: Poems (1992). Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press. ISBN: 1556590466.
  • Crossing Wyoming (1992). Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press. ISBN: 1877727237.
  • Yip, a Cowboy's Howl (1991). Spartanburg, SC: Holocene Books. ISBN: (?).
  • Letters from Mexico (1988). Missoula, MT: Kutenai Press. ISBN: (?). Co-author Pat Weyer.
  • How Many Horses (1988). Memphis, TN: Ion Books. ISBN: 093850715X.
  • Moon: Poems (1984). St. Paul, MN: Bieler Press. ISBN: 0931460166. Illustrated by R W Scholes.
  • Free and Compulsory for All: Tales (1984). Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press. ISBN: 0915308509.

Speaking Engagements

Accepts and charges a fee for speaking engagements. Fees are variable.
Contact:
David Romtvedt
457 North Main
Buffalo, WY 82834

Upcoming appearances

Equality State Book Festival Sept. 18-20, 2008 Casper, Wyoming.


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