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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

MI

Michigan US

Bio:

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, K. E. Allen lives in Michigan. She makes her living teaching and coaching first year writing students in the Comprehensive Studies Program at the University of Michigan.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Diane Seuss, Monica Rico, Ada Limón, Ross Gay, Terrance Hayes, Wanda Coleman, Hanif Abdurraqib, Eduardo C. Corral

Born in:

Tacoma, WA

Washington

Raised in:

Milton, WA

Washington

Prizes won:

Hopwood Major Prize in Poetry, Dana Award in Poetry, PSA New American Poet Chapbook Series

Education:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

What I'm reading now:

Pinion by Monica Rico

Poetry From Ukraine by ed. Caroline Forché, Ilya Kaminsky

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral

Writers Retreats:

Indiana University Writers’ Conference

Identifies as:

Feminist

Prefers to work with:

Any