Roy Beckemeyer

Poet

Wichita, KS

Kansas US

Email:

royjbeckemeyer@gmail.com

Website:

royjbeckemeyer.com/

Author's Bio

Roy J. Beckemeyer is a retired engineer who conducts research on Paleozoic insect fossils and writes scientific papers and poetry. His first poetry book, "Music I Once Could Dance To," was published in 2014 by Coal City Revew and Press, Lawrence, Kansas (http://coalcitypress.com/from-coal-city-...). His second poetry book, "Amanuensis Angel," was published in 2018 by Spartan Press, and his third, "Stage Whispers," by Meadowlark Books (2018).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems (Woodley Press, 2012)

To the Stars Through Difficulties (Mammoth Publications, 2012)

Journals:

Beecher's

I-70 Review

Kansas City Voices

Light Ekphrastic

Lyric Poetry Magazine

Midwest Quarterly

Mikrokosmos

Nebo

North Dakota Quarterly

Straylight Literary Arts Magazine

Zingara Poet

Prizes won:

Kansas Authors Club Poet of the Year, 2013, 2018-2018; Beecher's Magazine 2014 Poetry Prize; Jim Stone Memorial Poetry Prize, 2013 and 2014; Pushcart Nominee, 2014 (Coal City Review and Press) 2015 KANSAS NOTABLE BOOK AWARD

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Comedia by Dante Alighieri, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, Mont-St. Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

European American, German American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Breese

Raised in:

Beckemeyer, IL

Illinois

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Last update: May 21, 2019