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CONTACT 7320 Cedar Creek Trail |
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Richard
Swanson Madison, Wisconsin |
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BIO
Richard Swanson is the author of Men in the Nude in Socks by Fireweed Press, 70 pages,
a quality paperback perfect bound, available from the author, $13 (postage included), via his email address:
rwswanson@tds.net
Widely published in literary magazines, his work is noted for its humor and humanity. He tackles universal
subjects like war and peace, nature’s complexities, and relationships between men and women, yet he often writes
about popular culture topics like Ted Williams, Barbie and Ken, and Dear Abby. Swanson, who writes in both free
verse and conventional forms, insists on poems being accessible to wide audiences.
In the fall contest of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, this poet won first place in the Poet’s Choice contest.
He has twice been an honorable mention winner in Wisconsin Academy Review’s annual competition, and he won
second place in the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s 2003 contest. His “Grand Opera” was published on Poetry Daily on-line.
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