(1952-12-24)December 24, 1952 Smithtown, New York, U.S.
Died
June 15, 2019(2019-06-15) (aged 66) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
Poet
author
editor
playwright
Alma mater
Fordham University Stonybrook University
Genre
LGBT literature
Spouse
Dodie Bellamy
Kevin Killian (December 24, 1952 – June 15, 2019)[1] was an American poet, author, editor, and playwright, primarily of LGBT literature.[2][3]My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer, which he co-edited with Peter Gizzi, won the American Book Award for Poetry in 2009.[4]
Killian was also co-founder of the Poets Theater, an influential poetry, stage, and performance group based in San Francisco, as well as the New Narrative movement in San Francisco, which included figures like Robert Glück, Bruce Boone, Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper, and more.[5]
^Bellamy, Dodie (June 20, 2000). "My Mixed Marriage". Village Voice.
^David Bergman. "Do We Need a Gay Literature?" The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide. January–February 2010, p. 25; "Stars and Rainbows." San Francisco Chronicle. June 22, 2001, p. 5.
^Cite error: The named reference BestBooks2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^American Booksellers Association (2013). "The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation [1980–2012]". BookWeb. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013. 2009 [...] Gizzi and Kevin Killian (Wesleyan University Press)
^Pohl, R.D. "Poets Theater at Burchfield Penney Art Center." Buffalo News. April 2, 2009.
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