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William Stobb is an Associate Professor of
English at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Born and raised
in central Minnesota, Stobb earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the
University of North Dakota, and a Ph.D. with a dissertation on "The
Rhetoric of Poetic Witness" from the University of Nevada. In
2000, Stobb was awarded the Nevada Arts Council Poetry fellowship, and
his first collection, a chapbook entitled For Better Night Vision, was
published by the Black Rock Press. Stobb's poems began appearing in
journals and zines including American Poetry Review, Colorado Review,
American Literary Review, Denver Quarterly, Conduit, and
Jacket. In 2006, Stobb's first full-length manuscript, Nervous
Systems, was selected for the National Poetry Series and was published in
2007 by Penguin Books.
Of Nervous Systems, National Poetry
Series judge August Kleinzahler writes, "Jittery,
synaptic, wide-ranging... filled with audacious turns, swerves, juke-steps,
leaps, while still somehow managing to get the poems where they were meant to
go. Mr. William Stobb has nerve, talent, and engages this madly
accelerating, often nearly indecipherable world in what's called
 real time.
And he manages it without sacrificing emotional force. That's something
special."
At Viterbo, Stobb teaches courses in Composition, Creative Writing, Modern and Contemporary Poets, Environmental Literature, and Rhetorical Theory. He also works as English faculty advisor for the campus art and literary journal, Touchstone, trains peer tutors for the campus Learning Center, and chairs the Writing Across the Curriculum committee. Stobb hosts a monthly poetry podcast on miPOradio entitled "Hard to Say." With David Krump, Stobb co-curates the monthly poetry events at the Pump House Regional Arts Center. Stobb lives with his wife, Kari Houser, and their two children, Carter and Claire. For more information, contact William Stobb.
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