W. Todd Kaneko

Poet

Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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Author's Bio

W. Todd Kaneko is the author of This is How the Bone Sings (Black Lawrence, 2020) and The Dead Wrestler Elegies (Curbside Splendor, 2014), and co-author of Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018). His poetry and prose can be seen in Alaska Quarterly Review, Bellingham Review, Los Angeles Review, Barrelhouse, The Normal School, Split Lip Magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Rumpus, Best Small Fictions 2017 and 2018, and many other places. A Kundiman fellow, he co-edits the online literary magazine Waxwing and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
The Dead Wrestler Elegies (Curbside Splendor Publishing, 2014)
Journal:
Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Seattle, WA
Washington
Raised in: 
Seattle, WA
Washington
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Last update: Jul 22, 2019