
Kevin Prufer
@prufer_kevin
The Fears (Copper Canyon, 2023). Sleepaway: A Novel. (Acre Books, 2024). Professor @ U of Houston CWP. Director @ Unsung Masters Series. 2024 Rilke Prize.
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Still nearly 6 weeks left to send your manuscript to our annual poetry contest, judged by Kevin Prufer !!

"The Fears asks readers to remain politically engaged, to continue caring about the world." Huge congratulations to KEVIN PRUFER (Kevin Prufer) and THE FEARS for winning UNT Dept. of English's 2024 Rilke Prize 👏👏


Huge round of applause for KEVIN PRUFER (Kevin Prufer) and his collection, THE FEARS, being named a finalist for Texas Institute of Letters's 2024 Literary Awards for Poetry 🎉 🎉 Cheers to a wonderful achievement, Kevin! Read the award press release here: texasinstituteofletters.org/til-announces-….

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kevin Prufer / Kevin Prufer Acre Books Copper Canyon Press Four Way Books Poetry Foundation ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/06/12-or-…


"The tool of the poetic line is formidable and many-bladed and it is hard, sometimes, to work without it. But I’ve found that the paragraph has its own excitement and velocity." Acre author Kevin Prufer in a new interview with rob mclennan! 🎉🎉🎉

Last chance to submit your our annual contest, and we’re open for submissions all weekend long! Kevin Prufer is our esteemed judge, and our winner will receive $1500 plus publication with Barrow Street Press! Submit here: barrowstreet.org/press/submit/


“When the deified Nero/ordered Seneca to ‘open his veins,’/the playwright/complied—though he was, by then, sick and infirm/and his blood wouldn’t flow quickly enough/from the wounds” —Kevin Prufer, “Election Night” The Southern Review Copper Canyon Press poets.org/poem/election-…

Kevin Prufer, The Fears / Kevin Prufer Copper Canyon Press Academy of American Poets ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/07/kevin-…

"Prufer manages meditative stretches that rhythmically extend and hold across great distances" Thrilled to see a review of THE FEARS by KEVIN PRUFER (Kevin Prufer) from rob mclennan: robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/07/kevin-…

Suzanne Groves, Author @earthtokb @HollanTroy James Lee Burke Marcela Fuentes Mary Alford Author Mary Lou Condike A Noble Cunning Kevin Prufer @reaviszwortham Vannetta Chapman

Check out our latest book review: SLEEPAWAY, by Kevin Prufer. "There are mysterious deaths, a stolen gun, a search for drugs, and a possibly looming apocalypse." Oh my! Acre Books goodriverreview.com/post/when-a-po…


This dystopian novel captures a defining feeling of our age: anxiety (via L.A. Times Opinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

"The terror in SLEEPAWAY—a small-press gem released this year that deserves more attention—is that the depth of the crisis isn’t certain. Instead of abject peril, humanity is thrust into a state of anxiety..." Kevin Prufer's #novel reviewed by Los Angeles Times 🎉 shorturl.at/BKs2p



