Keith Gaboury

Poet

Oakland, CA 94609
Website: 
www.keithmgaboury.com

Author's Bio

In Oakland, California, Keith Gaboury is a preschool teacher by day and a poet by night. His poems have appeared in such literary publications as Poetry Quarterly, New Millennium Writings, and The San Francisco Public Library Poem of the Day Series. He has two forthcoming full-length poetry collections from Falkenberg Press and Kelsay Books. Keith is also the president of the Berkeley Branch of the California Writers Club. Learn more at keithmgaboury.com.

Education: 
Emerson College Creative Writing MFA MFA
San Francisco State University MA
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Town: An Anthology of Oakland Poets (Nomadic Press, 2023)
Chapbooks:
The Boy Born with a Pinhole Heart (Finishing Line Press, 2022)
,
Oakland, I'm Not Dead (Pedestrian Press, 2020)
Journals:
After Happy Hour Review
,
Anapest
,
Bacopa Literary Review
,
Barely South Review
,
Bending Genres
,
Boston Poetry Magazine
,
Chaleur Magazine
,
Crab Fat Magazine
,
Dual Coast Magazine
,
Eclectica
,
Five 2 One Magazine
,
Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review
,
Full of Crow
,
Garfield Lake Review
,
Ginosko Literary Journal
,
Green House
,
Griffel
,
Hare's Paw
,
Into the Void
,
Inwood Indiana
,
IthacaLit
,
Levitate Magazine
,
Literary Juice
,
Manzano Mountain Review
,
Map Literary
,
Nebo
,
New Millennium Writings
,
Oddball Magazine
,
Permafrost
,
Poetry Quarterly
,
Red Fez
,
Rumble Fish Quarterly
,
scissors & spackle
,
Sooth Swarm Journal
,
sPARKLE & bLINK
,
Speculative City
,
The Birds We Piled Loosely
,
The Ear
,
The Gambler
,
Tiny Seed Literary Journal
,
Viewless Wings
,
Write From Wrong Magazine
Prizes won: 

1) The 40th New Millennium Writings Poetry Contest (Honorable Mention): "The Milky Way in L.A."

 2) The 2017 Green House Poetry Prize Finalist (Orange Quarterly): "City Brain" 

 3) 2017 Rebecca Lard Award Finalist (Poetry Quarterly): "Project Echo" 

4) Monthly Muse #4 Award Winner (New Millennium Writings): "Beginnings"

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Camille Dungy, Albert Goldbarth, Maxine Chernoff, Russell Edson, Matthew Dickman, James Tate, Italo Calvino, B.H. Fairchild, Richard Wright

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Canadian, Feminist, French, Irish American, White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Children, Disability, LGBTQ, Schools, Teachers, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Berkeley, CA
California
Raised in: 
Olathe , KS
Kansas
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Last update: Sep 08, 2023