David Keplinger

David Keplinger is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Ice (Milkweed Editions, 2023) and Another City (Milkweed Editions 2018). His other collections are The Most Natural Thing (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2013); The Prayers of Others (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2006); The Clearing (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2005); and The Rose Inside (Truman State University Press, 1999).

A recipient of the 2025–26 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, Keplinger is a professor and the director of the MFA program in creative writing at American University.