Kevin Dwyer
Biography
Kevin Dwyer is a PhD Graduate Assistant in the Creative Writing program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and native of Hawthorne, NY. He earned his Honors BA from Saint Louis University and his MA with a focus in Creative Writing from Fordham University while working as a 3rd Grade Teacher’s Assistant at PS 57 in the Bronx. A former Pre-med student and Pharmacy Assistant at Westchester Medical Center, he has been inspired by such writers as William Carlos Williams and Anton Chekhov.
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Also By This Poet
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Flood (Swan Scythe Press, 2013)
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Notes to a Husband (Imaginary Friend Press, 2013)
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Lancelot (Lazy Mouse Press, 2013)
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Night Fishing (Yellow Flag Press, 2011)
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28 Blackbirds at the End of the World (Bandersnatch Books, 2010)
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Aubade (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)
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Counting Dust Devils: Early Season (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)
Awards
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Winner, 2013 Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Award
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Semi-Finalist, 2013 Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Contest
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Best of the Net Nomination, “The Hard Lines of Our Bodies” (Trigger - #2, 2012)
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Best of the Net Nomination, “Rayville, LA, 1927” (Trigger - #1, 2011)
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Finalist, Standing Rock Chapbook Contest, 2012
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Rhysling Award Nomination, "28 Blackbirds at the End of the World," 2008
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James Award Nomination, "Rhyme In Haiku," 2006
Media
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN
2010 - present
2010 - present