Kevin Killian,
born 1952, is a poet, novelist, critic and playwright. He has written
two novels: Shy (1989) and Arctic Summer (1997), a book
of memoirs: Bedrooms Have Windows (1989), a book of poetry: Argento
Series (2001) and two chapbooks: Little Men (1996) and I
Cry Like A Baby (2001).
He has written for Framework, Artforum, Artweek, etc., etc. With
Dodie Bellamy he edits the literary/art zine Mirage #4/Period[ical] in San
Francisco.
His work has been widely anthologized and has appeared in, among others,
Best American Poetry 1988 (ed. John Ashbery), Men on Men (ed. Geo.
Stambolian), Discontents (ed. Dennis Cooper) and Wrestling
with the Angel (ed. Brian Bouldrey). He has also edited a collection
of short stories by the late Sam D'Allesandro, The Wild Creatures.
With Lew Ellingham, Killian is writing a biography of the American poet
Jack Spicer (1925-65). He has written many essays and articles on Spicer's
work and co-edited Spicer's posthumous books The Train of Thought
and The Tower of Babel (both 1994). He and Leslie Scalapino have
written a play, Stone Marmalade (1996), on the Orpheus/Eurydice
legend, to be published by Singing Horse Books.
Little Men, 1996 was the recipient of the 1996 PEN Oakland /Josephine
Miles Award
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