Deborah Keenan

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Deborah Keenan
Born1950 (age 7172)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPoet
Academic work
InstitutionsHamline University


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

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Life

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

Awards

Works

Editor

Anthology

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References

  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.

Interview with Deborah Keenan, Interviewed by writer/teacher Margaret Hasse about her book HAPPINESS, a 1996 Minnesota Book Awards nominee, and other books of poetry, NORTHERN LIGHTS Minnesota Author Interview TV Series #374 (1997)