Deborah Keenan (born 1950, in

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) is an American

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Life

She is an editor for

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. She also teaches at

Hamline University Hamline University is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1854, Hamline is known for its emphasis on experiential learning, service, and social justice. The university is named after Bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline o ...

. She lives with her husband, Stephen Seidel, who is director of urban programs for

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. They have four children.

Awards

* Bush Foundation Fellowships for her poetry *

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Fellowship * The Loft McKnight Poet of Distinction award * 2006-2007 Edelstein Keller Minnesota author of Distinction at the

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* 1991

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

Works

* ''One Angel Then'', Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1981 * ''Household Wounds'', New Rivers Press, 1981, * ''The Only Window That Counts'', New Rivers Press, 1985, * ''How We Missed Belgium'', Milkweed Editions, 1984, (written with Jim Moore) * * ''Good heart'', Milkweek Editions, 2003, * ''Kingdoms'', Laurel Poetry Collective, 2006, * ''Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems'', March, 2007, Milkweed Editions.

Editor

* ''Looking For Home: Women Writing About Exile'', editors Deborah Keenan, Roseann Lloyd, Milkweed Editions, 1990,

Anthology

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Keenan, Deborah 1950 births Hamline University faculty Living people American women poets American Book Award winners American women academics 21st-century American women