Louis Jenkins

For the politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada, see Louis Jenkins (politician).
Louis Jenkins
Born (1942-10-28) October 28, 1942
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (USA)
Occupation Prose Poet
Nationality American
Period 1970s - present

Louis Jenkins (born October 28, 1942) is an American prose poet from Enid, Oklahoma. He lived in Duluth, Minnesota, for over 30 years with his wife Ann. His poems have been published in a number of literary magazines and anthologies. Jenkins has been a guest on A Prairie Home Companion numerous times and has also been featured on The Writer's Almanac. The author's book, Nice Fish, was winner of the Minnesota Book Award in 1995. His book Just Above Water won the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award in 1997. In 1996, Jenkins was a featured poet at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. Actor Mark Rylance recited works by Jenkins in lieu of formal acceptance speeches after winning a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for the play Boeing-Boeing (in 2008) and after winning his Tony Award for the play Jerusalem (in 2011).

Selected bibliography

Books

Anthologies

Audio recordings

Plays

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.