Brookline Poetry Series
Kevin Goodan
Jun 13, 2010 Hunneman Hall
Kevin Goodan’s most recent book of poems is Winter Tenor (Alice James Books, 2009); his first book, In the Ghost-House Acquainted, was published by Alice James Books in 2004 and chosen for the 2005 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award. His poems have appeared in such journals as Ploughshares, The Colorado Review and American Poet. Raised on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Western Montana, Goodan began working for the U.S. Forest Service at a young age. He has lived in Northern Ireland and western Massachusetts. He received his M.F.A. degree from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his B.A. degree from the University of Montana. He has taught at the University of Connecticut and as Visiting Writer at Wesleyan University. He is an Assistant Professor at Lewis-Clark State College, and lives on a bluff overlooking the Clearwater River.