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Wyatt Townley

Wyatt Townley is an American poet, author, and yoga instructor, honored as the fourth Kansas Poet Laureate (2013–2015).

Wyatt Townley
BornSeptember 20, 1954
OccupationPoet, writer, yoga instructor
NationalityAmerican
Period20th-21st Centuries
GenrePoetry, nonfiction, fitness/health

Biography edit

Townley is a fourth-generation Kansan and she currently lives in Shawnee Mission.

Kansas Poet Laureate edit

Through the Kansas Humanities Council, Townley is offering a series of programs, including workshops, lectures, and readings.[1]

Honors and awards edit

  • Nelson Poetry Book Award for The Afterlives of Trees
  • Kansas Notable Book for The Afterlives of Trees
  • The Pushcart Prize, nominee
  • To the Stars poetry contest winner, sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission ["Centering the House" and "Inside the Snow Globe" selected from The Afterlives of Trees]

Publications edit

  • Perfectly Normal (Brooklyn, NY: The Smith), 1990. ISBN 0-9122-9287-3
  • The Breathing Field: Meditations on Yoga (Boston: Little, Brown and Co.), 2002. ISBN 0-8212-2794-7
  • Yoganetics: Be Fit, Healthy, and Relaxed One Breath at a Time (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco), 2003. ISBN 0-0605-0224-X [reprinted in 2004 by HarperCollins World]
  • Kansas City Ballet: The First Fifty Years (Kansas City, MO: Rockhill Books), 2007. ISBN 1-9334-6643-X
  • The Afterlives of Trees: Poems (Topeka, KS: Woodley Press), 2011. ISBN 0-9828-7522-3

Anthologies edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Kansas Humanities Council booking information

References edit

  • Townley named Poet Laureate of Kansas

External links edit

  • Wyatt Townley's personal web page
  • Celebrating Kansas’ Sesquicentenial

wyatt, townley, american, poet, author, yoga, instructor, honored, fourth, kansas, poet, laureate, 2013, 2015, bornseptember, 1954occupationpoet, writer, yoga, instructornationalityamericanperiod20th, 21st, centuriesgenrepoetry, nonfiction, fitness, health, co. Wyatt Townley is an American poet author and yoga instructor honored as the fourth Kansas Poet Laureate 2013 2015 Wyatt TownleyBornSeptember 20 1954OccupationPoet writer yoga instructorNationalityAmericanPeriod20th 21st CenturiesGenrePoetry nonfiction fitness health Contents 1 Biography 2 Kansas Poet Laureate 3 Honors and awards 4 Publications 5 Anthologies 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksBiography editTownley is a fourth generation Kansan and she currently lives in Shawnee Mission Kansas Poet Laureate editThrough the Kansas Humanities Council Townley is offering a series of programs including workshops lectures and readings 1 Honors and awards editNelson Poetry Book Award for The Afterlives of Trees Kansas Notable Book for The Afterlives of Trees The Pushcart Prize nominee To the Stars poetry contest winner sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission Centering the House and Inside the Snow Globe selected from The Afterlives of Trees Publications editPerfectly Normal Brooklyn NY The Smith 1990 ISBN 0 9122 9287 3 The Breathing Field Meditations on Yoga Boston Little Brown and Co 2002 ISBN 0 8212 2794 7 Yoganetics Be Fit Healthy and Relaxed One Breath at a Time San Francisco HarperSanFrancisco 2003 ISBN 0 0605 0224 X reprinted in 2004 by HarperCollins World Kansas City Ballet The First Fifty Years Kansas City MO Rockhill Books 2007 ISBN 1 9334 6643 X The Afterlives of Trees Poems Topeka KS Woodley Press 2011 ISBN 0 9828 7522 3Anthologies editCaryn Mirriam Goldberg ed Begin Again 150 Kansas Poems Topeka KS Woodley Press 2011 ISBN 0 9828 7525 8See also edit nbsp Poetry portal nbsp Kansas portalList of U S states Poets LaureateNotes edit Kansas Humanities Council booking informationReferences editTownley named Poet Laureate of KansasExternal links editWyatt Townley s personal web page Celebrating Kansas Sesquicentenial Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wyatt Townley amp oldid 1160014702, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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