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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Cincinnati, OH

Ohio US

Bio:

Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing about our modern digital existence, former lovers, the Eighties, assorted concepts in astrophysics and growing up Appalachian. His chapbook of outer space/astrophysics poems Sagittarius A* was released by Sibling Rivalry Press in October 2020. His chapbook Dead Uncles arrived in May 2021 from Driftwood Press. He drinks too much coffee and enjoys being a poet whisperer for many friends.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Jeanette Winterson, Thom Gunn, Jericho Brown, Randall Mann, Nicholas Wong, Khadijah Queen, Milan Kundera, David Leavitt, Lucy Ives, Anne Sexton, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Doty

Twitter/X:

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Born in:

OH

Ohio

Website:

https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/ [2]

Prizes won:

2020 Christopher Hewitt Award for Poetry (A&U Magazine)

2021 Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry (CutBank Literary Magazine)

What I'm reading now:

Hillbilly Hustle by Wesley Moore

Anodyne by Khadijah Queen

Identifies as:

Appalachian

LGBTQ