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Michael McKeown Bondhus (born Charlie, 1981) is an American poet and author of four books. His second book, ''All the Heat We Could Carry'', was the winner of the 2013 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award, the 2014
Thom Gunn Award The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry is an annual literary award presented by Publishing Triangle to honour works of gay male poetry. First presented in 2001 as the Triangle Award for Gay Poetry, the award was renamed in memory of British poet Tho ...
for Gay Poetry, and a finalist for the
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Poetry Book Award.


Early life and career

He grew up in
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and graduated from
Saint Anselm College Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1889, it is named after Saint Anselm of Canterbury. As of 2024, the college's enrollment was 2,094 students. History ...
. He received his MFA from
Goddard College Goddard College was a Private college, private college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle. The college offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With predecessor ins ...
and his Ph.D. from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...
. He served as poetry editor at ''The Good Men Project'' from 2013 to 2017, and currently teaches English and creative writing at
Raritan Valley Community College Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) is a public community college in Branchburg, New Jersey. RVCC offers Associate degree programs leading to an Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S.), Associate of Fine Art (A.F.A), or an ...
."Do ask, do tell: Poetry collection about U.S. soldier wins gay literary award"
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'', April 25, 2014.
His work has appeared in ''Poetry'', ''The Missouri Review'', ''Hayden's Ferry Review'', ''The Baltimore Review'', ''Copper Nickel'', ''Bellevue Literary Review'', and ''Cold Mountain Review'', among others. He is openly
gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...
.


Bibliography

* * * * ''All the Heat We Could Carry''. Main Street Rag. 2013. . *


Awards and recognition

* 2007 Blue Light Press First Book Award Finalist for ''How the Boy Might See It'' * 2008/2009 Brickhouse Books Stonewall Competition Winner for ''What We Have Learned to Love'' * 2013 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award * 2013 Gival Press Poetry Book Award—Finalist * 2014
Thom Gunn Award The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry is an annual literary award presented by Publishing Triangle to honour works of gay male poetry. First presented in 2001 as the Triangle Award for Gay Poetry, the award was renamed in memory of British poet Tho ...
for ''All the Heat We Could Carry'' * 2016 Brittingham/Pollak Award Finalist for ''Divining Bones'' * 2017 Tampa Review Prize Finalist for ''Divining Bones''


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