Ben Kline

Poet

Cincinnati, OH
Ohio US
Website: 
benklineonline.wordpress.com/
Twitter/X: 
@BenKlinePoet

Author's Bio

Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing about our modern digital existence, former lovers, the Eighties, assorted concepts in astrophysics and growing up Appalachian. His chapbook of outer space/astrophysics poems Sagittarius A* was released by Sibling Rivalry Press in October 2020. His chapbook Dead Uncles arrived in May 2021 from Driftwood Press. He drinks too much coffee and enjoys being a poet whisperer for many friends.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbooks:
Dead Uncles (Driftwood Press, 2021)
,
Sagittarius A* (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2020)
Journals:
A&U Magazine
,
Apt
,
Cortland Review
,
Cutbank
,
Diagram
,
Ghost City Review
,
Hobart
,
Kettle Blue Review
,
Limp Wrist
,
Lunch Ticket
,
New Verse News
,
Night Heron Barks
,
Olney Magazine
,
Poetry Magazine
,
The Birds We Piled Loosely
,
The Indianapolis Review
,
THRUSH Poetry Journal
,
Typehouse Literary Magazine
,
West Trade Review
Prizes won: 

2020 Christopher Hewitt Award for Poetry (A&U Magazine)

2021 Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry (CutBank Literary Magazine)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Jeanette Winterson, Thom Gunn, Jericho Brown, Randall Mann, Nicholas Wong, Khadijah Queen, Milan Kundera, David Leavitt, Lucy Ives, Anne Sexton, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Doty
What I'm reading now: 
Hillbilly Hustle by Wesley Moore, Anodyne by Khadijah Queen

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Appalachian, LGBTQ
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
OH
Ohio
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Last update: Jan 11, 2022