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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania US

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 [2]

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Elkins, WV

West Virginia

Raised in:

Elkins, WV

West Virginia

Website:

https://www.KellyMcQuain.wordpress.com [3]

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.

Identifies as:

Appalachian

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Any

LGBTQ

Teenagers