Jeremy Teddy Karn

Poet

Iowa City, IA
Iowa US
Email: 
jkarn209@gmail.com
Website: 
jeremyteddykarn.com

Author's Bio

Jeremy Teddy Karn was born in Monrovia, Liberia. He is an MFA candidate in poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he has received Fellowships supporting his work. His chapbook, Miryam Magdalit, was selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani for inclusion in the New-Generation African Poets' Chapbook Boxset (APBF), 2021. He is a recipient of the Stanley Awards International Fellowship (2024) at the University of Iowa. He is a 2024 Finalist for the Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize. His work has appeared and is forthcoming in Lolwe, Poetry Wales, Frontier Poetry, the Adroit Journal, West Trade Review, the Penn Review, Michigan Quarterly, Trampset, and other places. He is the co-founder of Pepper Coast Mag.

Education: 
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop MFA

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Miryam Magdalit (Akashic Books, 2021)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Chris Abani, Romeo Oriogun, Charles Wright, Jane Mead, Elizabeth Willis, Jane Hirshfield, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jessica Laser and others.
What I'm reading now: 
Black Zodiac by Charles Wright

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Black
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Monrovia
Liberia
Raised in: 
Monrovia
Liberia
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Last update: Apr 01, 2025