Kooser celebrates milestone, announces retirement from American Life in Poetry

August 24, 2020

Ted Kooser and Kwame Dawes

After editing his 805th column for American Life in Poetry, editor Ted Kooser announced his retirement, effective at the end of 2020. Kwame Dawes will begin curating American Life in Poetry this academic year with his first column as editor to appear in January 2021.

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