Travis Mossotti, a 1998 graduate of Marquette High, is the recipient of the 2011 May Swenson Poetry Award.  Mossotti earned this award for his collection of poems entitled About the Dead.  This award, judged by Garrison Keillor, resulted in his first book of poems to be published.  Listen to Garrison Keillor read Mossotti's poem, "Crossing the Gap," on NPR's: The Writer's Almanac.  

Travis and his wife Regina Webb Mossotti, also a Marquette High graduate, reside in St. Louis.  Regina is the Director of Animal Care at The Wolf Sanctuary and she speaks around the country as an authority on wolves and other predators.  Read more about Travis Mossotti.