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Rustin Larson’s poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Iowa Review, North American Review, Poetry East, The Atlanta Review and other magazines. Crazy Star, his latest collection, was selected for the Loess Hills Book’s Poetry Series in 2005. Larson won 1st Editor’s Prize from Rhino magazine in 2000 and has won prizes for his poetry from The National Poet Hunt and The Chester H. Jones Foundation among others. A five-time Pushcart nominee, and graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing, Larson was an Iowa Poet at The Des Moines National Poetry Festival in 2002 and 2004, a featured writer in the DMACC Celebration of the Literary Arts in 2007, 2008, and has been highlighted on the public radio programs Live from Prairie Lights and Voices from the Prairie. He is the host of the radio talk show Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost http://www.kruufm.com and lives in Fairfield, Iowa.

Untagged	15 Feb 2011
The Wolf by Rustin Larson	Comment (0)

The wolf loved me. She let me nuzzle into her clean grey fur which smelled like pine needles and fresh snow. I hugged her. She was patient and accepting. Powerful. Because I loved her, I thought it best to guide her back to the enclosure where she would be safe from the village and its rifles. But she nipped me quickly on the thumb and I bled strangely, thick, runny, red and yellow, like a

Untagged	5 Feb 2011
Idris Goodwin by Rustin Larson	Comment (0)

Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost features an interview with Idris Goodwin. Idris will be performing at Revelations Bookstore on February 12 at 2 pm. Learn more about this fascinating writer with host Rustin Larson on Sunday, February 6 at 10:30 am and Monday, February 7 at 1:30 pm on KRUU-LP, 100.1 FM.

Here's an article from The Daily Iowan:

Idris Goodwin brings break-beat poetry to the UI

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Untagged	12 Nov 2010
Rumi and the Giving of Thanks at MUM Library by Rustin Larson	Comment (0)

In Rumi’s poetic journey, the seeker symbolically turns towards the truth, grows through love, abandons the ego, finds the truth, and arrives at the Perfect. Join Dr. Ali Arsanjani as he reads his translations of Rumi’s remarkable verse and relates Rumi’s message with the significance of this holiday of thanks, Tuesday, November 23^rd at 7:30 p.m. in the MUM Library’s North Lounge.

Untagged	21 Oct 2010
Susan Klauber on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost by Rustin Larson	Comment (0)

Join Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost in a visit with Susan Klauber , live, this Sunday morning at 10:30 a. m. on KRUU-LP 100.1 FM, the solar powered voice of Fairfield, Iowa and Beyond! [Listen online at http://kruufm.com .]

Susan Klauber about the author:

Susan Klauber, a Sudbury, Ontario native who has lived and travelled around the world (North & S. America, Europe, India) has always been drawn by the power of

Untagged	21 Sep 2010
Naomi Shihab Nye by Rustin Larson	Comment (1)

I had the great honor of interviewing one of my all-time favorite poets, Naomi Shihab Nye . This interview will air Sunday, October 3 at 10:30 am and Monday, October 4 at 1:30 pm on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, KRUU-LP 100.1 FM, http://kruufm.com.

Naomi Shihab Nye was born on March 12, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. During her high school years, she