Complex sentence: Larry Woiwode is a distinguished living American writer is the Poet Laureate of North Dakota, whose works have appeared in "The New Yorker", "Esquire", "The Atlantic Monthly", and "The Paris Review".
Split into simpler sentences: Larry Woiwode is a distinguished living American writer, who lives in North Dakota where he is the Poet Laureate of the state. His works have appeared in "The New Yorker", "Esquire", "The Atlantic Monthly", and "The Paris Review".