Kelly McQuain

Poet

Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania US
Website: 
www.KellyMcQuain.wordpress.com

Author's Bio

Kelly McQuain is an artist and writer whose prose and poetry have appeared in The Grand Journal, American Poetry Review, Best New Poets, The Pinch, Kestrel, Spunk, Knockout, Appalachian Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Kin, MEAD, Assaracus, BLOOM and The Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly, as well as in numerous anthologies: Between: New Gay Poetry, Drawn to Marvel: Poems from The Comic Books, Best American Erotica, and many more. A professor of English at Community College of Philadelphia, he has led workshops and performed readings at the University of Pennsylvania, Fairmont State University, LaSalle University, Rosemont College and other institutions. www.KellyMcQuain.wordpress.com

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books (Minor Arcana Press, 2014)
,
Between: New Gay Poetry (Chelsea Station Editions, 2013)
,
Men on Men 2000 (Plume, 2000)
Chapbook:
Velvet Rodeo (Arts in Bloom Project, Inc., 2014)
Journals:
Apiary Magazine
,
Assaracus
,
Blue Lyra Review
,
Mead: The Magazine of Literature & Libations
,
Painted Bride Quarterly
,
Pinch
Prizes won: 

Prizes include: The 2013 Bloom Chapbook Prize for Velvet Rodeo; the inaugural Glitter Bomb Poetry Award; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction; multiple Pushcart Prize nominations; the Philadelphia City Paper Writing Award in both Fiction and Poetry; a Tennessee Williams Scholarship from the Sewanee Writers' Workshop; a Lambda Literary Fellowship; and an Ambassador Award from the University of New Orleans.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Appalachian, White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any, LGBTQ, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Elkins, WV
West Virginia
Raised in: 
Elkins, WV
West Virginia
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Last update: Jun 21, 2021