Poetry. Joseph Stroud knows the value of taking one's proper time to write poems, and taking great care when presenting a book to the world. Stroud has published four books in forty years, and his work has earned a devoted audience, including Jane Hirschfield, Ted Kooser, and Jim Harrison. OF THIS WORLD includes the best from Stroud's previous volumes, as well as a series of new poems and translations. He is the recipient of the prestigious Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress. Joseph Stroud splits his time between Santa Cruz, California, and a hand-built cabin in the Sierras.

Joseph Stroud was born in Glendale, California, 1943, and educated at the University of San Francisco, California State University at Los Angeles, and San Francisco State University. His work earned a Pushcart Prize in 2000. He was a finalist for the Northern California Book Critics Award in 2005. In 2006 he was selected by the Poet Laureate of the United States for a Witter Bynner Fellowship in poetry from the Library of Congress. He divides his time between his home in Santa Cruz on the California coast and a cabin in the Sierra Nevada.

Reviews and Other Links
http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2009_02_014140.php
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/world-new-and-selected-poems-1955-2006