John Keene
Rutgers University
John Keene is the author of the award-winning novel Annotations (1995) and of the poetry collection Seismosis (2006), with artwork by Christopher Stackhouse. He has published his fiction, poetry, essays, and translations in such journals as African-American Review, AGNI, Encyclopedia, Gay and Lesbian Review, Hambone, Indiana Review, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and A Public Space. His honors include a 2005 Whiting Foundation Award in Fiction and Poetry and a 2008 Fellowship for Distinguished First Collection from the inaugural Pan-African Literary Forum.