Peach

Former poet laureate of Utah Lance Larsen grew up in the West, mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, and dreaming of catching Bigfoot on film. His sixth poetry collection, Making a Kingdom of It, will appear in fall 2025 from the University of Tampa Press. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, the Missouri Review Editor’s Prize, the Sewanee Review Prize, and the Swamp Pink Prize, as well as fellowships from Ragdale, the Anderson Center at Tower View, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Larsen teaches at Brigham Young University and likes to fool around with aphorisms: “When climbing a new mountain, wear old shoes.” Sometimes he juggles.