Sesshu Foster is an American poet. He has taught composition and literature in East LA since 1985, and has also taught at the University of Iowa, the California Institute of the Arts, the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Jack Kerouac School's Summer Writing Program. He was in residence at California State University, Los Angeles. Awards: 2010 American Book Award for World Ball Notebook 2009 Asian American Literary Award for Poetry for World Ball Notebook 2005 Believer Book Award for Atomik Aztex 1990 American Book Award for Invocation LA: Urban Multicultural Poetry Finalist for a PEN Center West Poetry Prize, for City Terrace Field Manual Finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize for City Terrace Field Manual