Ted Kooser: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Theodore Kooser
Born	April 25, 1939 (age 87) • Ames • Iowa
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry” • “Delights & Shadows” • “Kindest Regards: New and Selected Poems” • “Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps” • “Official Entry Blank” • “One World at a Time” • “The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets” • “Red Stilts” • “Splitting an Order” • “Sure Signs” • “Valentines” • “Weather Central”