Douglas Kearney (born 1974)[3] is an American poet, performer and librettist. Kearney grew up in Altadena, California. His work has appeared in Nocturnes, Jubilat, Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast, Poetry, Pleiades, Iowa Review, Callaloo, Boston Review, Hyperallergic, Scapegoat, Obsidian, Boundary 2, Jacket2, Lana Turner, Brooklyn Rail, and Indiana Review.[4][5] In 2012, his and Anne LeBaron's opera, Crescent City, premiered and received widespread praise.[6] He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota.[7]
Douglas Kearney | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) United States |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, teacher, librettist |
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Education edit
Kearney attended Howard University as an undergraduate. He graduated from California Institute of the Arts, with an MFA (2004).
Awards edit
- 2000-2002 Cave Canem Fellowship
- 2004 Bread Loaf Writer's Conference Fellowship
- 2004 & 2005 Callaloo Creative Writer's Workshop Fellowship
- 2006 Coat Hanger Award for poem Swimchant for Nigger Mer-folk[8][9]
- 2007 Returning Fellow fellowships at the Idyllwild Summer Arts Poetry Workshop
- 2007 Notable New American Poet by the Poetry Society of America[10]
- 2008 Whiting Award[11][12]
- 2008 National Poetry Series[13][14]
- 2010 Finalist for PEN Center USA Award.[15]
- 2014 California Book Awards Poetry Finalist for Patter [16]
- 2017 CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry for Buck Studies[17]
- 2017 Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize[3]
- 2017 Silver Medalist, California Book Award (poetry) for Buck Studies[18]
- 2021 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize[19]
- 2021 National Book Award Poetry Finalist for Sho[20]
- 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize, international winner for Sho[21]
- 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award for Creative Nonfiction for Optic Subwoof[22]
- 2023 Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism for Optic Subwoof [23]
Works edit
| External videos | |
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 Douglas Kearney @ Valley Contemporary Poets, vimeo |
- FEAR, SOME. Red Hen Press. 2006. ISBN 978-1-59709-071-1.
- The Black Automaton. Fence Books. 2009. ISBN 978-1-934200-28-5.
- PATTER. Red Hen Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1-59709-580-8.
- Mess and Mess and. Noemi Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1-93481-951-7.
- Someone Took They Tongues. Subito Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-9906612-5-2.
- Buck Studies. Fence Books. 2016. ISBN 978-0-98643-737-3.
- Sho. Wave Books. April 2021. ISBN 9781950268153.
- Optic Subwoof. Wave Books. November 2022. ISBN 9781950268672.
Anthologies edit
- Tony Medina; Louis Reyes Rivera, eds. (2001). Bum Rush the Page: a Def Poetry Jam. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-609-80840-5.
- Samiya Bashir; Tony Medina; Quarishi Ali Lansana, eds. (2002). Role Call: a generational anthology of social and political Black art & literature. Third World Press. ISBN 978-0-88378-238-5.
- Sheree R. Thomas, ed. (2005). Dark Matter: Reading the Bones. Aspect. ISBN 978-0446693776
- Nikky Finney, ed. (2007). "Big Thicket: Pastoral". The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2926-0.
- Mark Eleveld, ed. (2007) Spoken Word Revolution Redux. Sourcebooks MediaFusion. ISBN 978-1402208690
- Sherman Alexie, David Lehman, eds (2015) Best American Poetry 2015[24] Scribner Press. ISBN 978-1476708201
- Melissa Tuckey, ed. (2018). Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0820353159.
References edit
- ^ "Douglas Kearney says winning a Whiting Writers' Award is a fresh start". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2008.
- ^ "Meet Associate Professor Douglas Kearney | English | College of Liberal Arts". cla.umn.edu. October 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize". www.svsu.edu. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ Calarts.edu Archived November 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Douglas Kearney". criticalstudies.calarts.edu. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ Swed, Mark (May 11, 2012). "Review: Industry's remarkable 'Crescent City' reshapes L.A. opera". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Douglas Kearney Awarded McKnight Fellowship and Librettist Prize: Associate professor wins inaugural national and University-wide honors". University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts. May 6, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "From the Fishouse: Poets: Douglas Kearney". December 18, 2009. Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "MAST by Douglas Kearney". Poetry Foundation. July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Douglas Kearney". Poetry Foundation. July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Sdcitybookfair.com". Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
- ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (November 12, 2008). "This poet's at home on page and stage". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Bookslut.com
- ^ NBC[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Douglas Kearney - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "84th Annual California Book Awards Winners".
- ^ "The 2017 Firecracker Award Winners - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses". Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Winners of 86th Annual California Book Awards Competition Announced". Commonwealth Club.
- ^ "Campbell Opera Librettist Prize".
- ^ "2021 National Book Awards Finalists Announced". National Book Foundation. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Adina Bresge, "B.C. writer Tolu Oloruntoba wins $65K Griffin Poetry Prize for debut book". Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, June 15, 2022.
- ^ https://www.clmp.org/press-center/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-firecracker-awards/ "Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Firecracker Awards ". Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, June 22, 2023.
- ^ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/161095/poetry-foundation-announces-2023-pegasus-awards-winners-and-a-new-pegasus-award-for-service-in-poetry "Poetry Foundation Announces 2023 Pegasus Awards Winners and a New Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry". Poetry Foundation, September 7, 2023.
- ^ "Douglas Kearney's "In the End, They Were Born on TV" the third TIR poem selected for Best American Poetry 2015! | The Iowa Review". iowareview.org. Retrieved July 22, 2018.