K.E. Allen

Author's Bio

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, K. E. Allen lives in Michigan. She makes her living teaching and coaching first year writing students in the Comprehensive Studies Program at the University of Michigan.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Woman in a Boat (Poetry Society of America, 2004)

Journals:

Arts & Letters, Center, Kenyon Review, LIT, Lynx, Oleander Review, Poetry Daily, Rivendell, Spinning Jenny, Sycamore Review, The Bear River Review, Verse

Prizes:

Hopwood Major Prize in Poetry, Dana Award in Poetry, PSA New American Poet Chapbook Series

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

Nox by Anne Carson, Antigonick by Anne Carson, Percival's Planet by Michael Byers, A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Favorite Books:

Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You, Frank Stanford; Darkness Moves, Henri Michaux; Housekeeping, Marilyn Robinson; Metamorphosis, Ovid; Deepstep Come Shining

Favorite Authors:

C. D. Wright, Harper Lee, Marilyn Robinson, Anne Carson

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Listing last updated: March 2, 2013

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Feminist

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Tacoma, WA

Raised in:

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