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Douglas Kearney
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Born 1974 (age 49–50)
United States
Occupation Poet, writer, teacher, librettist
Alma mater
Notable awards

Douglas Kearney (born 1974) 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. In 2012, his and Anne LeBaron's opera, Crescent City, premiered and received widespread praise. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota.

Education

Kearney attended Howard University as an undergraduate. He graduated from California Institute of the Arts, with an MFA (2004).

Awards and honors

Kearney has received multiple notable fellowships, including the Cave Canem Fellowship (2000-02), Bread Loaf Writer's Conference Fellowship (2004), Callaloo Creative Writer's Workshop Fellowship (2004-05), and Returning Fellowship at the Idyllwild Summer Arts Poetry Workshop (2007).

In 2007, the Poetry Society of America named Kearney a Notable New American Poet. The following year, he was part of the National Poetry Series.

Awards for Kearney's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2006 Swimchant for ... Mer-folk Coat Hanger Award Winner
2008 Self Whiting Award Winner
2014 Patter California Book Awards Poetry Finalist Winner
2017 Buck Studies California Book Award for Poetry Silver
CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry Winner
Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize Winner
2021 - Campbell Opera Librettist Prize Winner
Sho National Book Award for Poetry Finalist
2022 Griffin Poetry Prize (International) Winner
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee
2023 Optic Subwoof CLMP Firecracker Award for Creative Nonfiction Winner
Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism Winner

Works

Anthologies

  • Sheree R. Thomas, ed. (2005). Dark Matter: Reading the Bones. Aspect. ISBN: 978-0446693776
  • Mark Eleveld, ed. (2007) Spoken Word Revolution Redux. Sourcebooks MediaFusion. ISBN: 978-1402208690
  • Sherman Alexie, David Lehman, eds (2015) Best American Poetry 2015 Scribner Press. ISBN: 978-1476708201
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