Kevin McLellan

Poet

Cambridge, MA 02139
Website: 
kevinmc66.wordpress.com

Author's Bio

Kevin McLellan is the author of Hemispheres (Fact-Simile Editions, forthcoming), Ornitheology (The Word Works, 2018), [box] (Letter [r] Press, 2016), Tributary (Barrow Street, 2015), and Round Trip (Seven Kitchens, 2010). He won the 2015 Third Coast Poetry Prize and Gival Press’ 2016 Oscar Wilde Award, and his poems have appeared in several journals. Apple Valley Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, West Branch, and The Word Works have all nominated his writing for the Pushcart Prize. Kevin has taught poetry workshops at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and at the University of Rhode Island, and he conducts manuscript consultations. Kevin lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos & Sourcebook for Creative Writing (C&R Press, 2018)
,
They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing (Black Lawrence Press, 2018)
,
Between: New Gay Poetry (Chelsea Station Editions, 2013)
,
Dogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2010)
,
Spaces Between Us (Third World Press, 2010)
Books:
Ornitheology (Word Works, 2018)
,
Tributary (Barrow Street Press, 2015)
Chapbooks:
Hemispheres (forthcoming) (Fact-Simile, 2017)
,
[box] (Letter [r] Press, 2016)
,
Round Trip (Seven Kitchens Press, 2010)
Journals:
2River View
,
42opus
,
751 Magazine
,
About Place Journal
,
Admit Two
,
Adroit Journal
,
American Letters & Commentary
,
American Literary Review
,
Apple Valley Review
,
Arabesques Review
,
Arch Literary Journal
,
Architrave Press
,
Badlands Literary Journal
,
Barrow Street
,
Beauty/Truth
,
Bloom
,
Bombay Gin
,
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review
,
Buddhist Poetry Review
,
Café Review
,
Carve Magazine
,
Chariton Review
,
Chelsea Station
,
Clockhouse
,
Cobalt Review
,
Colorado Review
,
Contrary
,
Crazyhorse
,
December
,
Diagram
,
Dirty Napkin
,
Dislocate
,
Drunken Boat
,
Elohi Gadugi Journal
,
Eucalyptus
,
Exquisite Corpse
,
Failbetter.com
,
Floating Bridge Review
,
Folio
,
Fourteen Hills
,
Fourth River
,
Fringe Magazine
,
Gargoyle Magazine
,
Ghost Proposal
,
Glass: A Journal of Poetry
,
Hamilton Stone Review
,
Hawai'i Review
,
Hello Mr.
,
Horse Less Review
,
Hunger Mountain
,
Ilk
,
inch
,
Interim
,
Interrupture
,
Jelly Bucket
,
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
,
Kenyon Review Online
,
Konundrum Engine Literary Review
,
Lily Poetry Review
,
Lines + Stars
,
Lingerpost
,
Literary Mama
,
Lodestar Quarterly
,
Long Dumb Voices
,
Matter
,
Midway Journal
,
MiPOesias
,
Moledro Magazine
,
Muse & Stone
,
Ocean State Review
,
Pacifica Literary Review
,
Pangyrus
,
Paper Street
,
Paramour
,
Pilgrimage Magazine
,
Plath Profiles
,
Plenitude Magazine
,
Poemeleon
,
Poems2go
,
Poet's Market
,
Poetry East
,
Poetry Midwest
,
Posit
,
Pouch
,
Prelude
,
Puerto del Sol
,
The Puritan
,
Queen City Review
,
Reality Beach
,
Requited Journal
,
RFD
,
Right Hand Pointing
,
Ruminate
,
Salamander
,
Salt Hill
,
Shift: A Journal of Literary Oddities
,
Sixth Finch
,
Sliver of Stone
,
Small Po[r]tions
,
Sonora Review
,
TSR: The Southampton Review
,
Southern Humanities Review
,
Spoon River Poetry Review
,
Stylus Poetry Journal
,
Sugar House Review
,
Superstition Review
,
Tammy
,
The Bakery
,
The Barefoot Review
,
The Inman Review
,
The Luminary
,
The Original Van Gogh’s Ear Anthology
,
The Prose-Poem Project
,
The Whistling Fire
,
Third Coast
,
Three Candles
,
THRUSH Poetry Journal
,
Timber
,
Town Creek Poetry
,
Tuesday; An Art Project
,
Typo Magazine
,
Versal
,
Verse Daily
,
Vinyl
,
Vitality
,
Waxwing
,
West Branch
,
Western Humanities Review
,
wheelhouse magazine
,
Wicked Alice
,
Wilderness House Literary Review
,
Witness
,
Word For/Word
Prizes won: 

"Anonymity" won the 2016 Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award

"Thereafter" won the 2015 Third Coast Poetry Prize (judged by Ralph Angel)

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Hans Faverey Jorie Graham Sylvia Plath James Schuyler Maurice Blanchot

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NH
New Hampshire
Raised in: 
NH
New Hampshire
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Last update: May 06, 2019