LA-Lit 4: Doug Kearney
LA-Lit interviewed Doug Kearney on Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 5pm.
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LA-Lit 4 Part a
LA-Lit 4 Part b
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Douglas Kearney received an MFA in Writing at the California Institute of the Arts (2004). His poetry has been published in anthologies including Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, Bum Rush The Page and Role Call, and several journals including Callaloo, nocturnes, Jubilat and Mangrove. He has performed his work all over the country, including commissioned work for the Weisman Museum of Art in Minneapolis, a showcase performance at the 2002 Slam Nationals, LA’s World Stage and New York’s Public Theatre and Bowery Poetry Club. He is currently developing libretti for three different collaborations. He has received fellowships at Cave Canem, Callaloo and a Waiter’s Scholarship at Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference. He was born in Brooklyn but grew up in Altadena (right outside LA). After several years in Washington, DC, San Diego and Minneapolis, he is back in Altadena and teaches at CalArts. His first collection of poems, Fear, some, will be released by Red Hen Press in October, 2006.
Doug read from his book, Fear, some. You can download pdf’s of poems Doug read during the show below.
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The Orange Alert
At The Pink Teacup
Shadowboxer on the Lookout
