K.E. Allen

K. E. Allen is an American poet.

Life
K.E. Allen (Kelly Allen) received her B.A. in English from Seattle University and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan.

Her work has appeared in Arts & Letters, Center, Kenyon Review, LIT, Lynx, Poetry Daily, Rivendell, Spinning Jenny, Sycamore Review, Verse.

She teaches at the University of Michigan. She lives in Chelsea, Michigan. She is married, with a daughter, Nora Medbh Gillard.

Awards

 * Academy of American Poets Prize
 * Hopwood Major Prize in Poetry
 * Meijer Award
 * 2000 Dana Award
 * 2004 Poetry Society of America National Chapbook Fellowship

Reviews

 * Keith Taylor, "Belief is Perception", Ann Arbor Observer, April 2005.