Andrew Riutta

Poet

Gaylord, MI
Michigan US
Email: 
andrewriutta@yahoo.com
Website: 
redmoonpress.com/product/blessed…

Author's Bio

Andrew Riutta was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is a father, chef, and Zamboni operator. His essay, "The Myths of Manhood," from the collection, This I Believe: On Fatherhood (Jossey-Bass) was featured on Public Radio International's Bob Edwards Show in 2012. His latest book is blessed: Modern Haibun on Almost Every Despair (Red Moon Press - 2022.)

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Contemporary Haibun 18 (Red Moon Press, 2023)
,
Contemporary Haibun 17 (Red Moon Press, 2022)
,
Contemporary Haibun 16 (Red Moon Press, 2021)
,
This I Believe: On Fatherhood (Wiley, 2011)
,
Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka (Modern English Tanka Press, 2009)
,
Beyond Forgetting (Kent State University Press, 2008)
,
Dust of Summers (Red Moon Press, 2008)
,
A New Resonance (Red Moon Press, 2007)
,
Taboo Haiku (Avisson Press, 2006)
,
In the Arms of Words (Sherman Asher Publishing, 2005)
Books:
Blessed: Modern Haibun on Almost Every Despair (Red Moon Press, 2022)
,
Cigarette Butts and Lilacs (Modern English Tanka Press, 2008)
,
The Pie in Pieces: Thirty-three Songs from the Midwest (River Man Publishing, 2006)
Journals:
Blood Lotus
,
Drifting Sands
,
Dunes Review
,
Eclectica
,
Frogpond
,
Modern Haiku
,
Presence
,
Red River Review
,
Ribbons: Tanka Society of America Journal
,
Smokebox
Prizes won: 

2008 Recipient of the William J. Shaw Memorial Prize for Poetry;

Shortlisted for the 2022 Touchstone Distinguished Book Award; Winner of an HSA Merit Book Award for Best Book of Haibun 2022 (blessed: Modern Haibun on Almost Every Despair - Red Moon Press)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Scandinavian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Laurium
Raised in: 
Upper Peninsula, MI
Michigan
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Last update: May 20, 2023