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Kathleen L. McGookey

Born: 01/13/1967   Grand Rapids , MI
Parents: James E. and Mary S. McGookey
Spouse: Rhys VanDemark
Children: Charlie, Lucy
Address(es):
Permanent :
1806 Starr View Lane
Middleville , MI 49333
Contact Information:
Phone : 616-822-9872 (cell)
Email : [email protected]
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of Stay : prose poems Stay : prose poems Poetry Adult Winston-Salem, NC : Press 53, LLC 2015
Image of Mended Mended Poetry Adult Euclid, OH : Kattywompus Press 2014
Poetry in Michigan in poetry / edited by William Olsen & Jack Ridl
- Included in the anthology. 		Michigan , Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, Michigan : New Issues Poetry & Prose, The College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University 2013
New poems from the third coast : contemporary Michigan poetry / edited by Michael Delp, Conrad Hilberry, and Josie Kearns
- Included in the anthology. 		Michigan , Poetry Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 2010
Image of Whatever Shines : prose poems Whatever Shines : prose poems Poetry Adult Buffalo : White Pines Press 2001
Other writings:
- Her work appears in the anthologies The Party Train: A Collection of North American Prose Poetry (New Rivers Press, 1995), The Best of The Prose Poem: An International Journal (White Pine Press, 2000), and New Poems from the Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Poetry (Wayne State, 2000). Her poems have also appeared in literary magazines including Boston Review, Epoch, Field, The Laurel Review, The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Seneca Review and Quarterly West. 		Poetry
What is the aim or goal of your writing: I write because I like writing, and I think I've been successful because I've been persistent.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: Yes

Skills:
Author
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1945 -1948

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Founder K.L. Mcgookey Cottage, LLC Middleville , MI 2004
Visiting Writer
- Winter session 		Interlochen Arts Academy Interlochen , MI 2001
Managing Editor Third Coast (Literary Magazine) Western Michigan University 1997 -2000
Instructor
- Creative writing and Literature 		Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1996 -2000
Associate Poetry Editor Passages North (Literary Magazine) Northern Michigan University 1992 -1995

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search/a?searchtype=X&searcharg=Kathleen+L.+McGookey+&SORT=D&submit.x=38&submit.y=13

http://elibrary.mel.org/search/a?searchtype=X&searcharg=Kathleen+McGookey+&SORT=D&submit.x=26&submit.y=8

https://geosireads.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/interview-with-kathleen-mcgookey-author-of-stay/

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