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Todd Boss

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Born

in Marshfield, WI, The United States

Website

http://toddbossoriginals.com

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Poetry

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Annie Dillard, Kay Ryan, Tony Hoagland, Wendell Berry

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Todd Boss, a critically-acclaimed poet, librettist, public artist, and film producer, holds a diverse career with a passion for collaboration. His works for both page and stage have been read and produced throughout the world.

Boss’s 2008 poetry debut Yellowrocket was followed by Pitch in 2012, Tough Luck in 2017, and Someday the Plan of a Town, , all from W. W. Norton & Co. Todd’s poems have appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, The London Times, The New Yorker, NPR, Best American Poetry, and Virginia Quarterly Review, which called Yellowrocket, “one of the year’s 10 best poetry books” and awarded Todd the Emily Clark Balch Prize. Yellowrocket was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award and was named a Midwest Booksellers’ Honor Book ...more

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My Disappearing Act

I’ve long been obsessed with “dissociative fugue,” a rare psychological condition that causes people to disappear. “Fugue” from the Latin means “flight.” Symptoms include amnesia, and a will to flee. It doesn’t onset, it just occurs: A man will announce to his wife that he’s walking to the corner grocery for mayonnaise, say, and never return. Victims simply continue walking, sometimes for weeks. S Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 11, 2022 02:24 • Tags: anonymity, kay-ryan, larkin, minimalism, nomad, poetry, recovery, travel

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	The Boy Who Said Wow by Todd Boss (Goodreads Author), Rashin Kheiriyeh (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 293 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yellowrocket: Poems 4.22 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pitch: Poems 4.15 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tough Luck: Poems 3.91 avg rating — 53 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Someday the Plan of a Town: Poems 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Ohio Review Issue #10 by Carol Anshaw (Goodreads Author), George Bilgere (Goodreads Author), Todd Boss (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yellow Rocket 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pitch: Poems by Todd Boss (2012-02-06) by Todd Boss (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Yellowrocket: Poems] [Author: Boss, Todd] [December, 2008] by Todd Boss (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth Symphony: The Libretto and Other Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars