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Lance E. Larsen

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Lance Larsen, professor of English, currently serves as an associate chair in the English Department. He specializes in creative writing, especially poetry. He is the author of three collections of poetry: Backyard Alchemy; (2009), In All Their Animal Brilliance;, and Erasable Walls (1998). In 2007 he received the National Endowment for the Arts' highly prestigious Literature Fellowship in Poetry.
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Veryl Larsen, Jeane Larsen
Jacqui Biggs
1961-03-23
Pocatello, Idaho
Chile Santiago South 1980-1982
English, Brigham Young University, University of Houston, Erhardt Graduate Fellowship
Brigham Young University Professor since 1993, author, poet
Associated Writing Programs Modern Language Association
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English

142 Works by Lance E. Larsen

Title Role Year Genre
Passing the Sacrament at Eastgate Nursing Home Author Poetry
Rainbow Author Poetry
Being Baptized for the Dead, 1974 Author 1991 Poetry
Bear Lake (To Grampa Mac) Author Poetry
Missionary Court Author 1992 Poetry
Walling the River Author Poetry
Winter Fast Offerings Author 1992 Poetry
At Ease With His Past; At Home With His Art Author Review
Erasable Walls Author 1998 Poetry
Rehearsal Author Poetry
Landscape for Several Pairs of Hands Author Poetry
Salamander Author Poetry
Bodies, Terrestrial Author Poetry
Questions for My Daimonion Author Poetry
By Road, and by Sky Author Poetry
Old Masters Author Poetry
Dirt Author Poetry
Limited Omniscience Author Poetry
House Sit Author Poetry
On First Reading Tomaz Salamun Author Poetry
On Thawing Her Milk Author Poetry
Outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art Author Poetry
Infinity Hopscotch Author Poetry
Yellowstone, Burning Author Poetry
Funeral Buffet Author Poetry
Piano Nostalgia Author Poetry
Sheen Author Poetry
Self-Portrait, in Clinic Garden Author Poetry
Cottage Industry Author Poetry
Trust Author Poetry
Moji Author Poetry
Legion Author Poetry
Good Friday Author Poetry
Birth Penny, Found While Hoeing Cucumbers Author Poetry
Not Pastoral Author Poetry
Spider Luck Author Poetry
Body Advice Author Poetry
Between Author Poetry
Counting Author Poetry
A Place Like That Author Poetry
Interiors Author Poetry
February 1922: My Father's Conception Author Poetry
Dreaming Among Hydrangeas Author Poetry
Karsh Author Poetry
Before Nine Author Poetry
Honeydew Author Poetry
Elegy for Richard Coons Author Poetry
Young Woman to Her Husband Author Poetry
Desire Author Poetry
Solstice Author Poetry
Light Author Poetry
After Fishing Author Poetry
Tadpoles Author Poetry
A Philanthropist Speaks to His Lawyer Author Poetry
The Dove Author 1986 Poetry
Sleeping Out Author 1987 Fiction
Moon Author 1987 Poetry
Sacrament Prayer Author 1993 Poetry
Hobby Horses Author 1994 Poetry
Serving the Papers Author 1994 Poetry
Naked Author 1994 Poetry
Errand Author Poetry
Denouement Author Poetry
Vineyard Author Poetry
Winter Takeout Author Poetry
Santiago Commute Author Poetry
I Put on the Brave Hebrew Body Author Poetry
Landscape, with Hungry Gulls Author Poetry
Sub-Rosa Author Poetry
Widows I Have Known Author Poetry
This Life, Not the Next Author Poetry
Palimpsest Author Poetry
To My Old Clothes Author Poetry
Souvenir Mermaid Author Poetry
Cityscape Author Poetry
Grande Valse Brillante Author Poetry
Lips Author Poetry
Fisherman Rant Author Poetry
Uncertain Light Author Poetry
Peach Author Poetry
Interview Author Poetry
Nest Author Poetry
And Also Much Cattle Author Poetry
Funeral Home Author Poetry
Paris, Idaho Author Poetry
Driving I-70 Author Poetry
Gift Author Poetry
Rhetoric Summer Author Poetry
Water Author Poetry
Walking Around Author Poetry
A Missionary Considers His Converts Author Poetry
Elegy for Donald Pugmire, Photographer Author Poetry
The Corner House Author Poetry
Bathhouse Overlooking Family Cemetery Author Poetry
Sneezing in Nines Author Poetry
Tomato Hornworm Author Poetry
Albert Author Poetry
Parakeet Author Poetry
Birds Author 1987 Poetry
Making Fruit Salad Author 1987 Poetry
Annie Author 1987 Poetry
Gathering Apples Author Poetry
Buffalo Author Poetry
5 November 1985, 3:00 A.M. Author Poetry
Walking to an Empty House Author Poetry
Accidentals Author Poetry
Epigraph in Search of a Father Author Poetry
Reading Roland Barthes Author Poetry
Journal Entries Author Poetry
Upon being asked, Have you ever written about Jacqui’s paintings? Author Poetry
Friday Mass Through a Window Author Poetry
The Knowing Author Poetry
In All Their Animal Brilliance Author 2005 Poetry
Platonic Author Poetry
Black Box Author Poetry
Short Allegory, with Mirrors Author Poetry
This World, Not the Next Author Poetry
Drainage Pipe Under I-89 Author Poetry
Walking on My Hands, Hotel Pool Author Poetry
Allegory, with Famous Poet Author Poetry
Hand Poem Author Poetry
Tarantula on the Back of My Wrist Author Poetry
Planaria Author Poetry
On a Thumbprint in a Library Book Author Poetry
Translation Author Poetry
Want Song Author Poetry
Self Portrait, in Clinic Garden Author Poetry
Rehearsal Author Poetry
1969 Author Poetry
Chronos Author Poetry
The Shapes Sadness Can Take Author Poetry
Austin Shuffle Author Poetry
The Dead Praying for Me Author Poetry
Questions for My Daemon Author Poetry
Dream Island Author 1987 Fiction
Dreaming Yourself Pregnant Author Poetry
Woman Addressing the Moon Author Poetry
Smoke Author Poetry
Black Sand Author Poetry
Against Cosmology Author Poetry
Genius Loci Author 2013 Poetry
Backyard Alchemy Author 2009 Poetry
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