Douglas Kearney (born 1974) is an American poet, performer and librettist. Kearney grew up in
Altadena
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, California. His work has appeared in ''Nocturnes'', ''Jubilat'', ''
Beloit Poetry Journal
The ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' is an American poetry magazine established in 1950 at Beloit College.''Poetry'', ''Pleiades'', ''Iowa Review'', ''Callaloo'', ''Boston Review'', ''Hyperallergic'', ''Scapegoat'', ''Obsidian'', ''Boundary 2'', ''Jacket2'', ''Lana Turner'', ''Brooklyn Rail'', and ''Indiana Review''.'' ''In 2012, his and
Anne LeBaron
Alice Anne LeBaron (b. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, May 30, 1953) is a United States composer and harpist.
Anne LeBaron holds a B.A. in music from the University of Alabama (1974), an M.A. in music from the State University of New Yor ...
's opera, ''Crescent City,'' premiered and received widespread praise. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the
University of Minnesota
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.
Education
Kearney attended
Howard University
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as an undergraduate. He graduated from
California Institute of the Arts
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, with an MFA (2004).
Awards
* 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''
* 2007 Returning Fellow fellowships at the Idyllwild Summer Arts Poetry Workshop
*2007 Notable New American Poet by the Poetry Society of America
* 2008 Whiting Award
* 2008
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Every year since 1979, the National Poetry Series has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and cho ...
*2010 Finalist for Pen Center USA Award.
* 2014
California Book Awards
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Poetry Finalist for ''Patter''
*2017 CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry for ''Buck Studies''
*2017 Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize
*2017 Silver Medalist,
California Book Award
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Ac ...
(poetry) for ''Buck Studies''
*2021 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize
*2021
National Book Award
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The Nat ...
Poetry Finalist for ''Sho''
*2022
Griffin Poetry Prize
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Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...
, international winner for ''Sho''
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*Sheree R. Thomas, ed. (2005). ''Dark Matter: Reading the Bones.'' Aspect.
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*Mark Eleveld, ed. (2007) ''Spoken Word Revolution Redux.'' Sourcebooks MediaFusion.
*Sherman Alexie, David Lehman, eds ''(2015) Best American Poetry 2015'' Scribner Press.
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