Todd Davis's "Winterkill" is Midwest Book Award finalist

Todd Davis

Todd Davis

Credit: Penn State

Todd Davis' most recent book of poems, Winterkill, published by Michigan State University Press, is one of three finalists for the Midwest Book Award. Winners will be announced at the Midwest Book Awards Gala to be held on May 12, 2017, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The competition, sponsored by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA), is judged by experts from all aspects of the book world, including publishers, writers, editors, librarians, teachers and book designers. They select award winners and finalists based on overall excellence. For more information about Winterkill, visit the Michigan State University Press web site.

Davis is a professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona.