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Eleanor Kedney [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Tucson, AZ
Arizona US
Email: 
eleanorkedney@yahoo.com
Bio: 

Eleanor Kedney is the author of the full-length collection Between the Earth and Sky (C&R Press, 2020) and the chapbook The Offering (Liquid Light Press, 2016). Her work has appeared in Fjords Review, Miramar Poetry Journal, New Ohio Review, The Fourth River, Sliver of Stone, and other journals. She has contributed to several anthologies, including The Cumberland River Review, The First Five Years (Trevecca Nazarene University, 2018) and The Writers Studio at 30 (Epiphany Editions, 2017). Her poem “Bubbles Blown through a Wand” won the 2019 riverSedge Poetry Prize (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). She is the founder of the Tucson branch of the New York-based Writers Studio, and served as the director for ten years. Kedney lives with her husband, Peter Schaffer, their dog, Fred, and their cat, Ivy, in Tucson, Arizona. Learn more at eleanorkedney.com.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
@eleanorkedney
Born in: 
Bayonne, NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Mamaroneck, NY
New York
Website: 
https://www.eleanorkedney.com [2]
Prizes won: 

riverSedge 2019 poetry prize (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)

 

Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Naturalists/Environmentalists
Teachers

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/eleanor_kedney [2] https://www.eleanorkedney.com