Todd Boss

Todd Boss is an author, installation artist, inventor, librettist, podcaster, and film producer in Minneapolis. His fourth poetry collections from W. W. Norton & Co. is SOMEDAY THE PLAN OF A TOWN (2022). His poems have appeared in THE NEW YORKER, AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, POETRY, and NPR. His first children’s book,  The Boy Who Said Wow, is due in 2023 from Simon & Schuster’s Beach Lane imprint. His lyrics have been performed at Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. His work has been recognized with Grammy nominations, Emmy awards, and by the National Book Foundation. He is the founding Artistic Director of Motionpoems, a production company that has turned more than 150 contemporary poems into short films. His podcast,  There’s a Poem in That, launched in 2023. In 2018, he sold all his possessions and circled the globe in a series of 30+ house-sits.

Reviews

"The story is beautifully told with just enough well-chosen words . . . An unusual picture book that tells a memorable story."—Booklist, Starred Review

"A heartwarming testament to music’s emotional power."—Kirkus Reviews