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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

Awards:

Name Date
Promise Award, Sustainable Arts Foundation 2014
Hemingway Grant, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2011
Pushcart Prize nomination 1998
Residency at the Ragdale Foundation 1995
Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant 1995
Individual Artist Grant, Arts Fund of Kalamazoo County 1993

Memberships:

Name Date
Academy of American Poets

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 2000
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1993
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Hope College Holland , MI 1989

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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