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Julie Kane

Julie Kane

Author's Bio

Julie Kane is the author of Rhythm & Booze (University of Illinois Press, 2003), which was Maxine Kumin's selection for the National Poetry Series and a finalist for the 2005 Poets' Prize, and Jazz Funeral (Story Line Press, 2009), which was David Mason's choice for the Donald Justice Poetry Prize. A former George Bennett Fellow in Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy, New Orleans Writer in Residence at Tulane University, and Fulbright Scholar to Vilnius Pedagogical University (Lithuania), she now teaches at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She has been appointed Louisiana Poet Laureate for the 2011-2013 term.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Jazz Funeral (Story Line Press, 2009), Rhythm & Booze (University of Illinois Press, 2003), Body & Soul (Pirogue Publishing, 1987)
Anthologies:
Poetry: A Pocket Anthology (Penguin, 2012), Villanelles (Everyman, 2012), A Field of Large Desires: A Greville Press Anthology (Carcanet Press, 2010), The Book of Irish American Poetry from the 18th Century to the Present (University of Notre Dame Press, 2007)
Journals:
Antioch Review, Barrow Street, Feminist Studies, Prairie Schooner, Rattle, Southern Review
Prizes:
National Poetry Series (2002), Fulbright Scholarship in Creative Writing/American Studies (2002), Finalist for the Poets' Prize (2005), Finalist for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Award in Poetry (2007), Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Poetry Award (2007), Open Poetry International Sonnet Competition (2008), Donald Justice Poetry Prize (2009)

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Listing last updated: December 3, 2012

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Identifies as:
Irish American
Born in:
Boston, MA
Raised in:
MA, NY, NJ

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