Keith Gaboury, MFA

Poet

Oakland, CA
California US
Website: 
keithgaboury.me

Author's Bio

Keith Gaboury earned a MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, a MA in English from San Francisco State University, and a BA in English from Baker University. His poems have appeared in such literary publications as Poetry Quarterly, New Millennium Writings, and the San Francisco Public Library's Poem of the Day Series. The Pedestrian Press published Oakland, I'm Not Dead in 2020, Finishing Line Press published The Boy Born with a Pinhole Heart in 2022, Kelsay Books published The Cosmos is Alive in 2023, and Still Human is forthcoming from Falkenberg Press in 2025. He’s also a preschool teacher, a bibliophile, and the president of the Berkeley Branch of the California Writers Club. Keith lives in Oakland, California. 

Education: 
Emerson College Creative Writing MFA MFA
San Francisco State University MA
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Town: An Anthology of Oakland Poets (Nomadic Press, 2023)
Book:
The Cosmos is Alive (Kelsay Books, 2023)
Chapbooks:
The Boy Born with a Pinhole Heart (Finishing Line Press, 2022)
,
Oakland, I'm Not Dead (Pedestrian Press, 2020)
Journals:
After Happy Hour Review
,
Anapest
,
Bacopa Literary Review
,
Barely South Review
,
Bending Genres
,
Boston Poetry Magazine
,
Chaleur Magazine
,
Crab Fat Magazine
,
Dual Coast Magazine
,
Eclectica
,
Five 2 One Magazine
,
Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review
,
Full of Crow
,
Garfield Lake Review
,
Ginosko Literary Journal
,
Green House
,
Griffel
,
Hare's Paw
,
Into the Void
,
Inwood Indiana
,
IthacaLit
,
Levitate Magazine
,
Literary Juice
,
Manzano Mountain Review
,
Map Literary
,
Nebo
,
New Millennium Writings
,
Oddball Magazine
,
Permafrost
,
Poetry Quarterly
,
Red Fez
,
Rumble Fish Quarterly
,
scissors & spackle
,
Sooth Swarm Journal
,
sPARKLE & bLINK
,
Speculative City
,
The Birds We Piled Loosely
,
The Ear
,
The Gambler
,
Tiny Seed Literary Journal
,
Viewless Wings
,
Write From Wrong Magazine
Prizes won: 

1) The 40th New Millennium Writings Poetry Contest (Honorable Mention): "The Milky Way in L.A."

2) The 2017 Green House Poetry Prize Finalist (Orange Quarterly): "City Brain" 

3) 2017 Rebecca Lard Award Finalist (Poetry Quarterly): "Project Echo" 

4) Monthly Muse #4 Award Winner (New Millennium Writings): "Beginnings"

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Camille Dungy, Albert Goldbarth, Maxine Chernoff, Russell Edson, Matthew Dickman, James Tate, Italo Calvino, B.H. Fairchild, Richard Wright

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist, French, Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Children, Disability, LGBTQ, Schools, Teachers, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Berkeley, CA
California
Raised in: 
Olathe, KS
Kansas
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Last update: Nov 18, 2024