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Todd Boss

Todd Boss is the author of three previous collections of poetry, most recently Tough Luck. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, and other publications. Still nomadic, Boss has most recently been based in Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas.

Todd Boss

Todd Boss is the author of three previous collections of poetry, most recently Tough Luck. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, and other publications. Still nomadic, Boss has most recently been based in Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas.

Books by Todd Boss

  • Yellowrocket: Poems

    Todd Boss

    Hardback, 2008

    "Todd Boss is going to be a poetry all-star....He can make any rhyme feel like a concealed weapon."—Sherman Alexie
  • Yellowrocket: Poems

    Todd Boss

    Paperback, 2010

    “Sure to be a classic, and the beginning of a long and glorious career.”—Sherman Alexie
  • Pitch: Poems

    Todd Boss

    Hardback, 2012

    2012 Poetry Midwest Booksellers Choice Award winner

    "[Todd Boss] can make any rhyme feel like a concealed weapon." —Sherman Alexie
  • Pitch: Poems

    Todd Boss

    Paperback, 2013

    2012 Poetry Midwest Booksellers Choice Award winner

    "[Todd Boss] can make any rhyme feel like a concealed weapon." —Sherman Alexie
  • Tough Luck: Poems

    Todd Boss

    Paperback, 2019

    “[Todd Boss]’s poems generate their own rambunctious music and remind us ‘yes, / miracles happen.’ ”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • Pitch: Poems

    Todd Boss

    E Book, 2012

    2012 Poetry Midwest Booksellers Choice Award winner

    "[Todd Boss] can make any rhyme feel like a concealed weapon." —Sherman Alexie
  • Tough Luck: Poems

    Todd Boss

    E Book, 2017

    Tough Luck is funny and philosophical and wry and large-hearted, and it’s our great good luck to have it.”—Beth Ann Fennelly
  • Someday the Plan of a Town: Poems

    Todd Boss

    Hardback, 2022

    Poems of wayfaring and wayfinding, recovery and discovery, from “one of the best poets of his generation” (Elizabeth Lund, Washington Post).
  • Someday the Plan of a Town: Poems

    Todd Boss

    E Book, 2022

    Poems of wayfaring and wayfinding, recovery and discovery, from “one of the best poets of his generation” (Elizabeth Lund, Washington Post).