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Keegan Lester

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Keegan Lester


Born
Huntington Beach, California, The United States
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Genre
Poetry


Keegan Lester is a poet who splits his time between New York City and Morgantown, West Virginia. Mary Ruefle selected his first collection of poetry for the 2016 Slope Editions Book Prize.

His work has appeared in the Boston Review, The Atlas Review, Powder Keg, Boaat Journal, The Journal, Phantom Books, Tinderbox, CutBank, Reality Beach, and Sixth Finch (among others), and he has been featured on NPR, The New School Writing Blog, and ColdFront Mag. His manuscript “We Both Go Together if One Falls Down” was a finalist for the 2016 Georgia Poetry Prize, a finalist for the 2014 coconut books Braddock Prize, and a semi-finalist for the BOAAT Book Prize.

He is co-founder and poetry editor of the journal Souvenir Lit and performs monthly with th ...more

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Average rating: 4.36 · 55 ratings · 12 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors
this shouldn't be beautiful...
4.35 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2017
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Perfect Dirt: And Other Thi...
4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions
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“We are all created equal parts stardust”
― Keegan Lester, this shouldn't be beautiful but it was & it was all i had so i drew it
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