Adam Falkner

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Adam Falkner
Born
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationWriter
Notable workThe Willies

Adam Falkner is an American writer, poet, artist, and educator. [1]

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Falkner is a Pushcart Prize nominee. His work has appeared in The New York Times , and he has been a featured performer at President Barack Obama's Grassroots Ball at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. [2]

Education

Falkner is from Ann Arbor, [3] Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate student. [4] He holds a MA in English from Brooklyn College, and a PhD in English & Education from Columbia University. [5]

Career

Falkner's writing and work focus on intersectional themes of race, gender, queer life and social justice education.

Writing

Falkner's book, The Willies, [6] is a portrait of the "journey into queerhood" in America. [7] The book has received praise from National Book Award-winning author Andrew Solomon, and from writers and critics Saeed Jones, Hanif Abdurraqib, and Patricia Smith for its “vulnerability, determination, lyricism and incisiveness.” The Willies was the winner of the Midwestern Independent Book Award and the Foreward Reviews Gold Medal prize. [8] [9]

Falkner has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His work also has appeared in The New York Times and on TED, and he was a featured performer at President Barack Obama's Grassroots Ball at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. [2]

Educational leadership

Prior to pursuing doctoral study at Columbia University's Teachers College, Falkner taught high school English in New York City's public schools. [10] He founded the Dialogue Arts Project, [11] [12] [13] [14] and is a national lecturer and consultant around themes of racial equity and culturally empowering education. [15] [16] He has taught English Education and Sociology at Vassar College and Columbia University's Teachers College. [17]

Scholarship and research

Falkner is a scholar of critical English education. His research, initially under the direction of Dr. Ernest Morrell, examines performance and storytelling rituals in schools and companies as tools to cultivate (and measure impact around) dialogue pertaining to identity, culture and politics.

Acting and others

Falkner is also an actor and a musician. He has played supporting roles in several films, including Lionsgate's Love, Beats & Rhymes, which starred rappers Azealia Banks and Common.

Personal life

Falkner is gay. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. [18]

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  4. ↑ "Alumni Spotlight: Adam Falkner". University of Michigan. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ Shrayfer, Lilia (February 5, 2020). "New in February: Brandon Taylor, R. Eric Thomas, and Lidia Yuknavitch". Lambda Literary. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ Falkner, Adam. "The Willies". Button Poetry. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Best New Poets 2020 Nominations". Thrush Poetry Journal. 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ Fuentes, Janet (March 18, 2020). "Adam Falkner: Poetry Performance". Patch. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  9. ↑ Goodman, Elyssa (February 6, 2020). "Adam Falkner Confronts Queer Shame, and His Father's Alcoholism, in The Willies". them.us. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Mount Pleasant Library to Host Award-Winning Poet Falkner for Night of Performance Poetry". golocalprov.com. February 19, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  11. ↑ Chauhan, Anita (January 28, 2020). "Unlocking human connection in the workplace and beyond: Introducing Dr. Adam Falkner to the Crescendo Team". Crescendo Work. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Performance, Poetry and the Dialogue Arts Project". New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Convocation profiles the Dialogue Arts Project, using creative writing and art to generate dialogue about social identity and difference". Carleton University. January 23, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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