Rodney Koeneke

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Rodney Koeneke
BornSeptember 12, 1968
Omaha, Nebraska
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
Genrepoetry

Rodney Koeneke (born September 12, 1968) is an American poet. [1]

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Life and career

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Koeneke was raised in Tucson, Arizona and Hacienda Heights, California. He graduated with a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990, where he lived in Barrington Hall, and from Stanford University with a PhD in History and Humanities in 1997.

Koeneke is the author of several books and chapbooks of poetry, including Body & Glass (2018), [2] Etruria (2014), [3] [4] Musee Mechanique (2006), [5] and Rouge State (2003). [6] His work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail , [7] Fence, Granta , [8] Gulf Coast , [9] Harper's , Harriet, [10] The Nation , [11] New American Writing , [12] Poetry , and Zyzzyva . [13]

He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Works

Full Length Poetry

Chapbooks

Non-fiction

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References

  1. "Rodney Koeneke". The Poetry Foundation. USA. 2014.
  2. Rodney Koeneke (2018). "Body & Glass". Wave Books.
  3. Rodney Koeneke (2014). "Etruria". Wave Books.
  4. Barbara Hoffert, Annalisa Pesek (2014). "Thirty Amazing Poetry Titles for Spring 2014". LibraryJournal.com.
  5. Rodney Koenke (2006). Musee Mechanique (PDF). BlazeVOX.
  6. Melissa Fisher (2006). "JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER: PAVEMENT SAW PRESS". bookslut.com.
  7. Rodney Koeneke (2013). "eleven". The Brooklyn Rail.
  8. Rodney Koeneke (2014). "Pyjamas". Granta.
  9. Rodney Koeneke (2014). "26.2". Gulf Coast Magazine.
  10. Rodney Koenke (2014). "Author Archive". Harriet the Blog. The Poetry Foundation.
  11. Rodney Koeneke (9 November 2011). "slow poem". The Nation.
  12. Rodney Koenke. "Humanism is Cheese". New American Writing. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28.
  13. "Index of Published Works". Zyzzyva.