Douglas Kearney

Douglas Kearney is an American poet, performer, and librettist. Kearney grew up in Altadena, California. His work has appeared in journals and magazines including Poetry, Boston Review, and The Brooklyn Rail. His collection Sho won the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry. His collection I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In 2012, Anne LeBaron's opera Crescent City, with a libretto by Kearney, premiered to critical praise. He is a professor at the University of Minnesota.

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