Matt Rasmussen (born 1975)https://news.blog.gustavus.edu/2013/11/18/rasmussen-featured-by-st-paul-pioneer-press/ is an American poet, and a founder of poetry publishing house Birds LLC. He was born in International Falls, Minnesota. He obtained degrees from Emerson College and Gustavus Adolphus College, where he teaches.Matt Rasmussen, poets.org.
Black Aperture, his first book, which is primarily concerned with his brother's suicide, was a 2013 National Book Award finalist and 2014 Minnesota Book Awards winner.
Works Poetry Fingergun (2006), chapbook. Kitchen Press. Black Aperture (2013). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
Awards and honors Walt Whitman Award, 2012 National Book Award Finalist, 2013 Minnesota Book Awards, 2014
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External links
Birds LLC website Profile at the Poetry Foundation website Profile at the National Book Foundation website