"Where, oh where would we be without the dynamic intelligence and feats of lyric daring that Douglas Kearney's work has delivered to American poetry?" —Tracy K. Smith
Join us for an evening of poetry, conversation, and book signing with Douglas Kearney! Kearney has published seven collections, including Optic Subwoof (2022); Sho (2021); Buck Studies (2016), and Mess and Mess and (2015). His operas include Sucktion, Mordake, Crescent City, Sweet Land, and Comet / Poppea. He has received a Whiting Writer’s Award, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, residencies/ fellowships from Cave Canem, The Rauschenberg Foundation, and others. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Altadena, CA, Kearney teaches creative writing at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.