Garret Keizer (born 1953) is an American

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, poet and

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. Keizer was born in

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and studied English at

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. He moved to Vermont in 1979 when he was 26. He lives with his family in

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. Keizer has written numerous critically acclaimed books. He is also a regular contributor to ''

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''. He has served as an

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priest and a high school

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teacher.

Honors and awards

Keizer was awarded a

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in 2006. His first published book of poetry, ''The World Pushes Back'', won the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize in 2018. He was inducted into the into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.

Authored books

* ''No Place But Here: A Teacher's Vocation in a Rural Community'', Viking, 1988 * ''The Enigma of Anger: Essays on a Sometimes Deadly Sin'' * ''A Dresser of Sycamore Trees: The Finding of A Ministry'' 1991 * ''Help: The Original Human Dilemma'' 2004 * ''God of Beer'' * ''Privacy'', Picador, 2012 * ''The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise'' 2012 * ''Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher'', Henry Holt, 2014

Selected articles

*
Requiem for the Private Word
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'' - August 2008 *
Specific suggestion: General strike
' - ''Harper's Magazine'' - October 2007 *
Left, Right and Wrong
' - ''

Mother Jones Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She h ...

'' - March/April 2005 *
Sound and Fury
- ''Harper's Magazine'' - March 2001 *
Life Everlasting
' - ''Harper's Magazine'' - February 2005 *
Loaded
' - ''Harper's Magazine'' - December 2006

References

External links

Garret Keizer’s official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keizer, Garret Living people Harper's Magazine people Writers from New Jersey 1953 births