Douglas Kearney

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Douglas Kearney
Kearney at AWP 2025
Kearney at AWP 2025
Born1974 (age 51–52)
United States
OccupationPoet, writer, teacher, librettist
Alma mater
Notable awards

Douglas Kearney (born 1974)[3] is an American poet, performer and librettist. Kearney grew up in Altadena, California. His work has appeared in Nocturnes, Jubilat, Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast, Poetry, Pleiades, Iowa Review, Callaloo, Boston Review, Hyperallergic, Scapegoat, Obsidian, Boundary 2, Jacket2, Lana Turner, Brooklyn Rail, and Indiana Review.[4][5] In 2012, his and Anne LeBaron's opera, Crescent City, premiered and received widespread praise.[6] He is currently an associate professor at the University of Minnesota.[7]

Education

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Kearney attended Howard University as an undergraduate. He graduated from California Institute of the Arts, with an MFA (2004).

Awards and honors

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Kearney has received multiple notable fellowships, including the Cave Canem Fellowship (2000-02), Bread Loaf Writer's Conference Fellowship (2004), Callaloo Creative Writer's Workshop Fellowship (2004-05), and Returning Fellowship at the Idyllwild Summer Arts Poetry Workshop (2007).[citation needed]

In 2007, the Poetry Society of America named Kearney a Notable New American Poet.[8] The following year, he was part of the National Poetry Series.[9][10] Kearney wrote the libretto for George Lewis's opera The Comet, which was named as one of two finalists for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Music.[11]

Awards for Kearney's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2006 Swimchant for Nigger Mer-folk Coat Hanger Award Winner [12][13]
2008 Self Whiting Award Winner [14][15][16]
2014 Patter California Book Awards Poetry Finalist Winner [17]
2017 Buck Studies California Book Award for Poetry Silver [18]
CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry Winner [19]
Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize Winner [3]
2021 - Campbell Opera Librettist Prize Winner [20]
Sho National Book Award for Poetry Finalist [21][22]
2022 Griffin Poetry Prize (International) Winner [23][24]
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee
2023 Optic Subwoof CLMP Firecracker Award for Creative Nonfiction Winner [25][26]
Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism Winner [27][28]

Works

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External videos
video icon Douglas Kearney @ Valley Contemporary Poets, vimeo
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Anthologies

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References

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