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James Keane [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Pompton Lakes , NJ
New Jersey US
Email: 
jkeanenj@optonline.net
Bio: 

James Keane resides in northern New Jersey with his wife and son and a shrinking menagerie of merry pets. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in English Literature at Georgetown University. His poems have appeared in the Tipton Poetry Journal, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, The Bond Street Review, Verse-Virtual, the Beechwood Review, the Indiana Voice Journal, WINK: Writers in the Know, and anthologies, notably Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems (Ragged Sky Press). He is the author of two poetry chapbooks: What Comes Next (2013) and Small Wonders (2022), both published by Finishing Line Press. 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Novelists Bernard Malamud, Robert B. Parker, Graham Greene, Chris Buckley, J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith), Ian Rankin, and Maeve Binchy, among others. Poets William Stafford, James Wright, Robert Lowell, Roland Flint, Denise Levertov, Kay Ryan, Catherine Doty, Gretna Wilkinson, and Natasha Trethewey, among others.
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Montclair and Upper Montclair, NJ
New Jersey
What I'm reading now: 
I Never Thought of It That Way by Monica Guzmán
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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