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Joan Naviyuk Kane
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Kane reading at the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University, in 2014
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| Born | Joan Marie Kane |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard College; Columbia University |
| Genre | Poet, novelist |
Joan Naviyuk Kane is an amazing American poet. She is from the Inupiaq people. The Inupiaq are a group of Inuit people from Alaska. Joan Kane has won many awards for her writing. She has also taught at famous universities like Harvard College.
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About Joan Kane
Joan Kane is Inupiaq. Her family comes from King Island and Mary's Igloo, Alaska. She studied at Harvard College and Columbia University. She earned degrees from both schools.
She used to live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She lived there with her two children. As of 2023, Joan Kane teaches writing at Reed College. This college is located in Portland, Oregon.
Awards and Recognition
Joan Kane has received many important awards. These awards celebrate her talent as a writer. Here are some of them:
- 2009 Whiting Award
- 2012 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry from AWP
- 2014 Indigenous Writer-in-Residence at School for Advanced Research
- 2014 American Book Award for her book Hyperboreal
- 2018 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
- 2019 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University Fellowship
- 2023 Paul Engle Prize
Her Published Works
Joan Kane has written many books of poetry. Her poems often explore themes related to her Inupiaq heritage and the Arctic.
Poetry Books
- Cormorant Hunter’s Wife, NorthShore Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780979436529
- Milk Black Carbon. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8229-6451-3
- The Straits. Voices from the American Land, 2015.
- A Few Lines in the Manifest. Albion Books. 2018.
- Sublingual. Finishing Line Press. 2018. ISBN: 978-163534769-2
- Another Bright Departure. CutBank Books. 2019. ISBN: 978-1-9397-1730-6.
- Dark Traffic. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2021. ISBN: 978-0-8229-6662-3
- Ex Machina, Staircase Books. 2023. ISBN: 9781960769008
Plays and Anthologies
Joan Kane has also written a play. It is called The Gilded Tusk. This play won a script contest at the Anchorage Museum.
Her poems have also appeared in collections with other writers. These collections are called anthologies. Some of these include:
- Best American Poetry, Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Monticello in Mind, University of Virginia Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0813938509
- Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.ISBN: 9780820353159
See also
- Joan Naviyuk Kane on Wikiquote - [1]
