on small presses. He also began to edit The New Salt Creek Reader, which had six anthologies by 1974. According to Warren Woessner, a poet during the Midwest Poetry Renaissance, the movement ended in 1975 with the publication of Heartland II. Poetic Style Ted Kooser is known for his conversational style of poetry that is accessible to a nonliterary public. Critic Dana Gioia, in his book Can Poetry Matter?, describes Kooser’s style as "drawn from common speech, with subject matter common to the Midwest." Kooser's early and contemporary work involves both troubles for Midwesterners, and observations from everyday life. Recurring themes include love, family, place, and time, but he does not consider himself a regional poet. Personal life Kooser lives on an acreage near the village of Garland, Nebraska. Kooser has served on the Lincoln Library Board. He was founding president of The Nebraska Literary Heritage Association. Kooser is married to Kathleen Rutledge, former editor of the Lincoln Journal Star. They have one son and two grandchildren. Bibliography Books Grass County. (1971). Twenty Poems. (1973). A Local Habitation and a Name. (1974). Not Coming to Be Barked At. (1976). Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems. (1980). One World at a Time. (1985). The Blizzard Voices (1986). Weather Central. (1994). A Book of Things. (1995). Riding with Colonel Carter. (1999). Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. (2001). Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry. (with Jim Harrison) (Copper Canyon Press, 2003). Delights and Shadows. (Copper Canyon Press, 2004) Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps (2004) Flying At Night : Poems 1965-1985 (2005) Lights on a Ground of Darkness: an evocation of place and time. (2005). The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice For Beginning Poets (2005). Valentines (2008) Bag in the Wind (2010) Pursuing Blackhawk (Cedar Creek Press, Mason City, 2012) House Held Up by Trees (2012) Splitting an Order (Copper Canyon Press, 2014) The Bell in the Bridge (2016) Kindest Regards: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press, 2018) Red Stilts (Cooper Canyon Press, 2020) Poems References External links Official website Ted Kooser: Online Resources from the Library of Congress American Life in Poetry, Kooser's syndicated newspaper feature Author interview in Guernica Magazine (Guernicamag.com) Ted Kooser biographical summary Linton Weeks, Washington Post, "Poet Laureate's Prized Words", April 5, 2005, page C1 A review of Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser. Television Profile of Ted Kooser - NET