W. B. Keckler, (born 1966

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), is an American poet and translator.

Poetry

Keckler's poetry characteristically views nature as autonomous from the humanly-constructed world and attempts to chart the rhythms of this autonomy. Recent collections have seen the introduction of works produced in collaboration with artificial intelligence entities and conversations with artificial intelligence entities. Keckler's poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies, including ''Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets'' (Wave Books, NYC), ''In the Criminal's Cabinet'' (nth position, London) and ''poem, home: An Ars Poetica'' (Paper Kite Press, 2009).

Awards

* 2002 National Poetry Series, for ''Sanskrit of the Body'' * 1994-1995 Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative American Poetry, for "One Poem" * 1997 Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment on the Arts

Works

"Snow Wok", ''Shampoo 17''

* ''Sanskrit of the Body'' (2002, ), * ''Ants Dissolve in Moonlight'' (1995, ) *

Translations

* - André Malraux's early works ''Royaume-Farfelu'' and ''Lunes en Papier''

Blog

Keckler is a prolific poet and new works can be found daily at his blog.

External links

W.B. Keckler on Scribd

Joe Brainard's Pyjamas blog
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