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Kyle Dargan is an American writer and editor. He is the author of six poetry collections. Dargan is currently an associate professor of literature and the assistant director of creative writing at
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, as well as Books Editor for the Wondaland Arts Society.


Biography

Dargan was born in Newark, New Jersey. He received a BA from the
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and MFA from
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. Dargan's first four poetry collections were published by
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. His first collection, ''The Listening'' (2004), was the recipient of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize in 2004. His second collection, ''Bouquet of Hungers'' (2007), was awarded the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in poetry in 2008. "Logorrhea Dementia" was published in 2010 and ''Honest Engine'' was published in 2015. Dargan's fifth book, ''Anagnorisis'', (
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, 2018), won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the
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in 2018. Dargan is currently an associate professor of literature and the assistant director of creative writing at American University. He is the founder and editor of ''POST NO ILLS'' magazine. Dargan lives in Washington D.C.


Selected publications

* ''The Listening'', (
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, 2004) * ''Bouquet of Hungers'', (University of Georgia Press, 2007) * ''Logorrhea Dementia: A Self-Diagnosis'', (University of Georgia Press, 2010) * ''Honest Engine'', (University of Georgia Press, 2015) * ''Anagnorisis'', (
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, 2018) * ''Panzer Herz, A Live Dissection'', (
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, 2023)


Awards

* 2003 — Cave Canem Poetry Prize, ''The Listening'' * 2008 — Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Poetry, ''Bouquet of Hungers'' * 2019 — Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, ''Anagnorisis''


References

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