Born: 09/29/1937   Evanston , IL
Parents: Thomas Shanks, Sr. and Ruth Ann Fordyce McKeown
Address(es):
Permanent :
746 Scott Ave
Oshkosh , WI 54901
Summer :
P.O. Box 82 North Beach
Pentwater , MI 49449

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Invitation of the Mirrors	Poetry	Adult	Wisconsin Review Press	1985
	Pocket Poetry - included in Anthology	Poetry	Adult	New York: Macmillan	1985
	Circle of the Eye : eleven poems by Tom McKeown for medium voice and piano - On April 2, 1979, a cycle of the poems was performed at Carnegie Hall	Poetry	Adult	New York : King's Crown Music Press : Sole agent, Galaxy Music	1982
	Hopwood Anthology - Anthology	Poetry	Adult	Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press	1981
	Certain Minutes	Poetry	Adult	Scopecraft Press	1978
	Third Coast : Contemporary Michgian Poetry - included in Anthology	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press	1977
	Maya/Dreams - Latest Chapbook of seven	Poetry	Adult	Wisconsin Review Press	1977
	Driving to New Mexico	Poetry	Adult	Santa Fe, N.M., Sunstone Press	1974
	The House of Water; early poems	Poetry	Adult	Fredonia, N.Y., The Basilisk Press	1974
	The Luminuous Revolver	Poetry	Adult	Fremont, Mich. : Sumac Press	1973
	The Cloud Keeper	Poetry	Adult	Seafront Press	1972
	The Milk of the Wolf	Poetry	Adult	Asari Press	1970
	Drunk all Afternoon	Poetry	Adult	[Madison, Wis., Abraxas Press	1969
	Last Thoughts	Poetry	Adult	[Madison, Wis., Abraxas Press	1969
	The Winds of the Calendar : poems	Poetry	Adult	Albuquerque, N.M. : Road Runner Press	1969
	Alewife Summer	Poetry	Adult	Albuquerque, N.M. : Road Runner Press	1967
	Other writings: - Works published in The New Yorker, Saturday Review, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's. The Nation, Commonwealth, The Harvard Advocate, The New York Times, and The Kansas City Star	Poetry	Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "I am interested in the archetypal and mythic in poetry as well as the music of words. Basically I am a nature poet; at times my work is fairly misanthropic. As I continue to write, my work seems to become more metaphysical."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Name	Date
MÖBIUS, The Poetry Magazine - Prizes and Awards 2012 Editor-In-Chief’s Choice Awards for “The Cadence of Vanishing”	2012
Wisconsin Art Council Fellowship for Poetry	1980
Yaddo Grant - Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400-acre (160 ha) estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.	1973 -1975
Wurlitzer Foundation Grant - The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, established in 1954, is one of the oldest artist residence programs in the country. The Foundation’s mission is to “Support the artist and the creative process” and serves as a haven for visual artists, literary artists and music composers.	1972 -1975
Hopwood Award in Poetry from University of Michigan	1968

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/aMcKeown%2C+Tom%2C+1937-/amckeown+tom+1937/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=amckeown+tom+1937&1%2C7%2C

Last Modified On: 8/10/2017 12:00:00 AM