EVERGREEN(Boez Bendorf, 2018)

Where does Bendorf live and where did he grow up?

He grew up in Colorado, now lives in Iowa

How many poetry books has Bendorf written?

3 books

What is Bendorf's latest book?

2024 Consider the Rooster

Awards for Bendorf

CantoMundo fellowship

National Endowment

Betty Berzon

Wisconsin

2019 CSU Open Book Prize (Advantages of being Evergreen)

How was Advantages of being Evergreen described?

As describing the earth's wonder and body's ability to bloom

Where does Bendorf teach?

University of Wisconsin, Kalamazoo College

Where is Bendorf published?

1. American Poetry Review

2. New England Review

3. Poetry Magazine

4. Orion

5. Jubilat,

6. The Rumpus

7. BOMB

8. Buzzfeed

What does Bendorf see poems as?

Bodies on a page: his poems often consist of becoming and transformation

Who noted that Bendorf deals a lot with despair as a theme

Luiza Goodlet reviewing The Advantages of being Evergreen

When was Evergreen written?

2016, when he was in Vermont Studio Fellowship, but was published in 2018

What book is symbolic of winter woods as a place of introspection

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

What breaks the speaker out of his reverie?

The scent of basil on line 14

What survives in winter?

Witches, femmes, green moss on river rocks

Who brought him basil?

Lynda

The river rock is compared to?

lover who knows he doesn't want power, digging into shoulder

Safety is compared to>

A rock I throw into the river

What is snow comapred to ?

Table salt