Larry Alfred Woiwode (born October 30, 1941) is an American writer who lives in North Dakota, where he has been the state’s Poet Laureate since 1995. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Gentleman’s Quarterly, The Partisan Review and The Paris Review. He is the author of five novels; two collections of short stories, a commentary titled “Acts,” a biography of the Gold Seal founder and entrepreneur, Harold Schafer, Aristocrat of the West, a book of poetry, Even Tide ; and reviews and essays and essay-reviews that have appeared in dozens of publications, including The New York Times and The Washington Post Book World.
