Louis McKee poet from United States was born on July 31, 1951, had 60 years and died on November 21, 2011. Poems were written mainly in English language. Dominant movement is other.
Biography
Louis McKee (born July 31, 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died November 21, 2011) has been a fixture of the Philadelphia poetry scene since the early 70s. He is the author of Schuylkill County (Wampeter, 1982), The True Speed of Things (Slash and Burn, 1984), and fourteen other collections. More recently, he has published River Architecture: Poems from Here & There 1973-1993 (Cynic, 1999), Loose Change (Marsh River Editions, 2001), and a volume in the Pudding House Greatest Hits series. Gerald Stern has called his work ?heart-breaking? and ?necessary,? while William Stafford has written, ?Louis McKee makes me think of how much fun it was to put your hand out a car window and make the air carry you into quick adventures and curlicues. He is so adept at turning all kinds of sudden glimpses into good patterns.? Naomi Shihab Nye says, ?Louis McKee is one of the truest hearts and voices in poetry we will ever be lucky to know.? ..
