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	Lance Larsen Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets View Works by this Person
Also Known As	Lance E. Larsen
Religion	LDS
Birth Date	March 23, 1961
Birth Place	Pocatello, Idaho
LDS Missions	Chile Santiago South 1980-82
Parents	Veryl Larsen, Jeane Larsen
Spouse	Jacqui Biggs
Children	Derek, Brooke, Dylan, Tessa
Education	B.A., M.A. English, Brigham Young University Ph.D. Literature and Creative Writing, University of Houston Erhardt Graduate Fellowship
Career	Lance Larsen has taught at Brigham Young University since 1993.
Affiliations	Associated Writing Programs Modern Language Association
Awards	2004 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry The Journal Award Manuscript Competition, Finalist, 2003 Utah Arts Council, Biennial Poetry Manuscript Competition, First, 2002 Joseph Campbell Poetry Prize, Sara Lawrence College, Runner-up, 2002 Beatrice Hawley Manuscript Prize, Alice James Books, Farmington, ME, Finalist, 2002 Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition, New York City, Finalist, 2002 Tupelo Press Chapbook Competition, Dorset, VT, Finalist, 2002 University of Wisconsin Press Manuscript Competition, Semi-finalist, 2002 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, University of North Texas, Semi-finalist, 2002 Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, Northeastern University, Semi-finalist, 2002 Oberlin College University Press Manuscript Competition, Finalist, 2001 University of Wisconsin Press Manuscript Competition, Semi-finalist, 2001 Utah Arts Council, Annual Poetry Competition, Honorable Mention, 2001 Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University, 2000 Sewanee Writers Conference, Fellowship Recipient, Sewanee, TN, 2000 Joseph Campbell Poetry Prize, Semi-finalist, Sarah Lawrence College, 2000 Chair competition, 1988 Eisteddfod, BYU, first place

Works by Lance Larsen Sort by title	Year	Genre
1969	2005	Poetry
Allegory, with Famous Poet	2005	Poetry
Austin Shuffle	2005	Poetry
Black Box	2005	Poetry
Chronos	2005	Poetry
The Dead Praying for Me	2005	Poetry
Drainage Pipe Under I-89	2005	Poetry
Hand Poem	2005	Poetry
In All Their Animal Brilliance: Poems	2005	Poetry Collection
On a Thumbprint in a Library Book	2005	Poetry
Planaria	2005	Poetry
Platonic	2005	Poetry
Questions for My Daemon	2005	Poetry
Rehearsal	2005	Poetry
Self Portrait, in Clinic Garden	2005	Poetry
The Shapes Sadness Can Take	2005	Poetry
Short Allegory, with Mirrors	2005	Poetry
Tarantula on the Back of My Wrist	2005	Poetry
This World, Not the Next	2005	Poetry
Translation	2005	Poetry
Walking on My Hands, Hotel Pool	2005	Poetry
Want Song	2005	Poetry
Accidentals	2004	Poetry
Epigraph in Search of a Father	2004	Poetry
Friday Mass Through a Window	2004	Poetry
Journal Entries	2004	Poetry
The Knowing	2004	Poetry
Landscape, with Hungry Gulls	2004	Poetry
Reading Roland Barthes	2004	Poetry
Rehearsal	2004	Poetry
Upon being asked, Have you ever written about Jacqui’s paintings?	2004	Poetry
Vineyard	2004	Poetry
Winter Takeout	2004	Poetry
By Road, and by Sky	2003	Poetry
Good Friday	2003	Poetry
I Put on the Brave Hebrew Body	2003	Poetry
Palimpsest	2003	Poetry
Santiago Commute	2003	Poetry
Souvenir Mermaid	2003	Poetry
Sub-Rosa	2003	Poetry
This Life, Not the Next	2003	Poetry
To My Old Clothes	2003	Poetry
Widows I Have Known	2003	Poetry
Bodies, Terrestrial	2002	Poetry
Landscape for Several Pairs of Hands	2002	Poetry
Questions for My Daimonion	2002	Poetry
Salamander	2002	Poetry
Dirt	2001	Poetry
Funeral Buffet	2001	Poetry
House Sit	2001	Poetry
Infinity Hopscotch	2001	Poetry
Limited Omniscience	2001	Poetry
Old Masters	2001	Poetry
On First Reading Tomaz Salamun	2001	Poetry
On Thawing Her Milk	2001	Poetry
Outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art	2001	Poetry
Yellowstone, Burning	2001	Poetry
Cottage Industry	2000	Poetry
Piano Nostalgia	2000	Poetry
Self-Portrait, in Clinic Garden	2000	Poetry
Sheen	2000	Poetry
Trust	2000	Poetry
Birth Penny, Found While Hoeing Cucumbers	1999	Poetry
Legion	1999	Poetry
Moji	1999	Poetry
Not Pastoral	1999	Poetry
Against Cosmology	1998	Poetry
Between	1998	Poetry
Black Sand	1998	Poetry
Body Advice	1998	Poetry
Cityscape	1998	Poetry
Counting	1998	Poetry
Desire	1998	Poetry
Dreaming Yourself Pregnant	1998	Poetry
Erasable Walls	1998	Poetry Collection
Errand	1998	Poetry
Interiors	1998	Poetry
A Place Like That	1998	Poetry
Smoke	1998	Poetry
Solstice	1998	Poetry
Spider Luck	1998	Poetry
Woman Addressing the Moon	1998	Poetry
And Also Much Cattle	1997	Poetry
Fisherman Rant	1997	Poetry
Funeral Home	1997	Poetry
Grande Valse Brillante	1997	Poetry
Interview	1997	Poetry
Lips	1997	Poetry
Nest	1997	Poetry
Paris, Idaho	1997	Poetry
Peach	1997	Poetry
Uncertain Light	1997	Poetry
Young Woman to Her Husband	1997	Poetry
Denouement	1996	Poetry
Driving I-70	1996	Poetry
Gift	1995	Poetry
Hobby Horses	1994	Poetry
Naked	1994	Poetry
Rhetoric Summer	1994	Poetry
Serving the Papers	1994	Poetry
Water	1994	Poetry
February 1922: My Father's Conception	1993	Poetry
Sacrament Prayer	1993	Poetry
A Missionary Considers His Converts	1992	Poetry
Missionary Court	1992	Poetry
Walking Around	1992	Poetry
Walling the River	1992	Poetry
Winter Fast Offerings	1992	Poetry
Bathhouse Overlooking Family Cemetery	1991	Poetry
Being Baptized for the Dead, 1974	1991	Poetry
The Corner House	1991	Poetry
Elegy for Donald Pugmire, Photographer	1991	Poetry
Albert	1990	Poetry
Dreaming Among Hydrangeas	1990	Poetry
Parakeet	1990	Poetry
Sneezing in Nines	1990	Poetry
Tomato Hornworm	1990	Poetry
Light	1989	Poetry
A Philanthropist Speaks to His Lawyer	1989	Poetry
Tadpoles	1989	Poetry
Before Nine	1988	Poetry
Karsh	1988	Poetry
Walking to an Empty House	1988	Poetry
Elegy for Richard Coons	1987	Poetry
Honeydew	1987	Poetry
Passing the Sacrament at Eastgate Nursing Home	1987	Poetry
Buffalo	1986	Poetry
Gathering Apples	1986	Poetry
5 November 1985, 3:00 A.M.	1985	Poetry
After Fishing	1985	Poetry
Bear Lake (To Grampa Mac)		Poetry
Rainbow		Poetry
At Ease With His Past; At Home With His Art	1986	Review