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K.E. Allen [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
MI
Michigan US
Bio: 

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, K. E. Allen lives in Michigan. She makes her living teaching and coaching first year writing students in the Comprehensive Studies Program at the University of Michigan.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Diane Seuss, Monica Rico, Ada Limón, Ross Gay, Terrance Hayes, Wanda Coleman, Hanif Abdurraqib, Eduardo C. Corral
Born in: 
Tacoma, WA
Washington
Raised in: 
Milton, WA
Washington
Prizes won: 

Hopwood Major Prize in Poetry, Dana Award in Poetry, PSA New American Poet Chapbook Series

Education: 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
What I'm reading now: 
Pinion by Monica Rico
Poetry From Ukraine by ed. Caroline Forché, Ilya Kaminsky
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral
Writers Retreats: 
Indiana University Writers’ Conference
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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