Douglas Kearney facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Douglas Kearney
Born	1974 (age 49–50) United States
Occupation	Poet, writer, teacher
Alma mater	Howard University (B.A.) CalArts (M.F.A.)
Genre	Poetry, Libretto
Notable awards	National Poetry Series Whiting Award Griffin Poetry Prize

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

• 2000-2002 Cave Canem Fellowship
• 2004 Bread Loaf Writer's Conference Fellowship
• 2004 & 2005 Callaloo Creative Writer's Workshop Fellowship
• 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 National Poetry Series
• 2010 Finalist for PEN Center USA Award.
• 2014 California Book Awards Poetry Finalist for Patter
• 2017 CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry for Buck Studies
• 2017 Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize
• 2017 Silver Medalist, California Book Award (poetry) for Buck Studies
• 2021 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize
• 2021 National Book Award Poetry Finalist for Sho
• 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize, international winner for Sho
• 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award for Creative Nonfiction for Optic Subwoof
• 2023 Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism for Optic Subwoof

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