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

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

Kansas Poet Laureate

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

Honors and awards

  • 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

  • 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

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References

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