Kendall Dunkelberg

Poet, Translator

Columbus, MS
Mississippi US
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Author's Bio

Kendall Dunkelberg is Director of the Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi, where he also directs the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium. He earned his BA in English / Creative Writing from Knox College, and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. He has published three books of poetry, Barrier Island Suite, Time Capsules, and Landscapes and Architectures, as well as a collection of translations of poems by the Flemish poet Paul Snoek, Hercules, Richelieu, and Nostradamus. His introductory creative writing textbook, A Writer's Craft: Multi-genre Creative Writing is published by Bloomsbury. Poems are forthcoming in The Ecopoetry Anthology: Volume II and Southern Voices: The Power of Place, and his fourth poetry collection Tree Fall with Birdsong is due out from Fernwood Press in 2025.

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthologies:
Southern Voices: The Power of Place (Lamar University Literary Press, 2024)
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Down to the Dark River (Louisiana Literature Press, 2015)
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Southern Poetry Anthology Volume II: Mississippi (Texas Review Press, 2010)
Books:
Barrier Island Suite (Texas Review Press, 2016)
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Time Capsules (Texas Review Press, 2009)
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Landscapes and Architectures (Florida Literary Foundation Press, 2001)
Journals: , ,
Birmingham Poetry Review
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China Grove
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Cornfield Review
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Delta Poetry Review
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Farmer's Market
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Osiris
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Oyez Review
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Peauxdunque Review
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Pilgrimage
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Poet's Edge
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Poetry Southeast
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Postcard Poems and Prose
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River Mouth Review
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Texas Review
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Town Creek Poetry
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Translation

Book:
Hercules, Richelieu, and Nostradamus by Paul Snoek, translated from the Dutch (Green Integer, 2000)
Journals:
Fine Madness, a poem by Arjen Duinker and K. Michel, translated from the Dutch
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Lyrikline, a poem by Paul Snoek, Charles Ducal, K. Michel, and Lut de Block, translated from the Dutch
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Modern Poetry in Translation, a poem by Paul Snoek, translated from the Dutch
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Osiris, a poem by Paul Snoek and Miriam Van hee, translated from the Dutch
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Poetry International Online, a poem by Paul Snoek and Dirk van Bastelaere , translated from the Dutch
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Two Lines, a poem by Paul Snoek, translated from the Dutch

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
Dutch, English
Born in: 
Osage, IA
Iowa
Raised in: 
Osage, IA
Iowa
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Last update: Dec 23, 2023