Garret Keizer

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Garret Keizer (born 1953) is an American author, poet and essayist.

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Keizer was born in New Jersey and studied English at Montclair State University. [1] He moved to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom in 1979 when he was 26. [1] He lives with his family in Sutton, Vermont. [2]

Keizer has written numerous critically acclaimed books. [3] [4] He is also a regular contributor to Harper's Magazine . He has served as an Episcopal priest and a high school English teacher. [5]

Honors and awards

Keizer was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006. [6] His first published book of poetry, The World Pushes Back, won the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize in 2018. [7] He was inducted into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019. [1]

Authored books

Selected articles

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References

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  2. "Profile - Garret Keizer - Season 4 - Episode 425". PBS.org. 2005-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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  4. "'Privacy,' by Garret Keizer". The New York Times. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  5. "Garret Keizer Goes Back To School". Vermont Public. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  6. "Garret Keizer". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  7. University, Sam Houston State. "The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize - Submissions". the Texas Review. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  8. Keizer, Garret (December 2008). "Of Mohawks and Mavericks". Harper's Magazine. 317 (1903): 9–11.