Deborah Keenan
American poet (born 1950)
Deborah Keenan | |
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Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Minneapolis |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Occupation | Poet |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Hamline University |
Deborah Keenan (born 1950, in Minneapolis) is an American poet.
Life
She is an editor for Milkweed Editions.[1] She also teaches at Hamline University.[2] She lives with her husband, Stephen Seidel, who is director of urban programs for Habitat for Humanity. They have four children.
Awards
- Bush Foundation Fellowships for her poetry
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- The Loft McKnight Poet of Distinction award
- 2006-2007 Edelstein Keller Minnesota author of Distinction at the University of Minnesota[3]
- 1991 American Book Award
Works
- One Angel Then, Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1981
- Household Wounds, New Rivers Press, 1981, ISBN 978-0-89823-022-2
- The Only Window That Counts, New Rivers Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-89823-069-7
- How We Missed Belgium, Milkweed Editions, 1984, ISBN 978-0-915943-02-9 (written with Jim Moore)
- Happiness: poems. Coffee House Press. 1995. ISBN 978-1-56689-033-5.
- Good heart, Milkweek Editions, 2003, ISBN 9781571314154
- Kingdoms, Laurel Poetry Collective, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9787973-1-7
- Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems, March, 2007, Milkweed Editions. ISBN 978-1-57131-426-0
Editor
- Looking For Home: Women Writing About Exile, editors Deborah Keenan, Roseann Lloyd, Milkweed Editions, 1990, ISBN 978-0-915943-45-6
Anthology
- Robert Hedin, ed. (2007). "The Amateur; Dialogue; None of This". Where one voice ends another begins: 150 years of Minnesota poetry. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87351-584-9.
References
- ^ Robert Hedin, ed. (2007). Where one voice ends another begins: 150 years of Minnesota poetry. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87351-584-9.
- ^ "Deborah Keenan | the Creative Writing Programs at Hamline | Hamline University". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ^ "Deborah Keenan wins a Minnesota Book Award". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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American Book Awards winners (1980–1999)
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- Edward Dorn
- Jayne Cortez
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- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
- Milton Murayama
- Quincy Troupe
- Rudolfo Anaya
- Alta
- Alan Chong Lau
- Bienvenido N. Santos
- Helen Adam
- Lionel Mitchell
- Miguel Algarín
- Nicholasa Mohr
- Peter Blue Cloud
- Robert Kelly
- Rose Drachler
- Susan Howe
- Toni Cade Bambara
- Cecil Brown
- Gary Snyder
- Howard Schwartz/ Mark Podwal
- Imamu Amiri Baraka
- Jesús Colón
- Joseph Bruchac
- Maurice Kenny
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
- Miné Okubo
- Paule Marshall
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- Thomas McGrath
- Venkatesh Kulkarni
- William J. Kennedy
- Angela Jackson
- Arnold Genthe / John Kuo Wei Tchen
- Colleen J. McElroy
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- Alejandro Murguía
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