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Deborah Keenan

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Deborah Keenan
Born1950 (age 73–74)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPoet
Academic work
InstitutionsHamline University

Deborah Keenan (born 1950, in Minneapolis) is an American poet.

Life

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She is an editor for Milkweed Editions.[1] She also teaches at Hamline University.[2] She lives with her husband, Stephen Seidel, who is the director of urban programs for Habitat for Humanity. They have four children.

Awards

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Works

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  • One Angel Then, Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1981
  • Household Wounds, New Rivers Press, 1981, ISBN 978-0-89823-022-2
  • The Only Window That Counts, New Rivers Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-89823-069-7
  • How We Missed Belgium, Milkweed Editions, 1984, ISBN 978-0-915943-02-9 (written with Jim Moore)
  • Happiness: poems. Coffee House Press. 1995. ISBN 978-1-56689-033-5.
  • Good heart, Milkweek Editions, 2003, ISBN 9781571314154
  • Kingdoms, Laurel Poetry Collective, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9787973-1-7
  • Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems, March, 2007, Milkweed Editions. ISBN 978-1-57131-426-0

Editor

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  • Looking For Home: Women Writing About Exile, editors Deborah Keenan, Roseann Lloyd, Milkweed Editions, 1990, ISBN 978-0-915943-45-6

Anthology

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References

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  1. ^ Robert Hedin, ed. (2007). Where one voice ends another begins: 150 years of Minnesota poetry. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87351-584-9.
  2. ^ "Deborah Keenan | the Creative Writing Programs at Hamline | Hamline University". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  3. ^ "Deborah Keenan wins a Minnesota Book Award". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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