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Henry Goldkamp [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana US
Email: 
henrygoldkamp@gmail.com
Bio: 

Henry Goldkamp (he/they) lives in New Orleans, where he teaches experimental poetics and clown at Louisiana State University, hosts the poetry series Splice, edits intermedia for Tilted House, and serves as communications director of the New Orleans Poetry Festival. He is the author of Not My Circus (Ursus Americanus, 2025) and his performance text, JOY BUZZER, is forthcoming from Ricochet Editions in September 2025. Recent art, criticism, and performance appear in Chicago Review, DIAGRAM, Annulet, Poetry Northwest, and Yalobusha Review, among others. More at henrygoldkamp.com.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Favorite authors: 
Danill Kharms, Cecilia Vicuña, Nicanor Parra, N.H. Pritchard
Born in: 
Saint Louis, MO
Missouri
Website: 
https://henrygoldkamp.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2019 Academy of American Poets Prize, 2022 Editors' Hybrid Prize from Bat City Review, 2024 Kenyon Review Writer's Workshop Participant, 2024 Pushcart Prize nomination for "puff puff" in Yalobusha Review

Education: 
University of New Orleans
What I'm reading now: 
The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht by Bertolt Brecht
The Semiotics of Clown and Clowning by Paul Bouissac
Technicians of the Sacred by Jerome Rothenberg
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
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