Kevin Keck

Kevin Keck (born June 20, 1973) is an American essayist and poet. His writing is largely autobiographical. He is best known for his collection of personal essays "Oedipus Wrecked" (Cleis Press, 2005), which chronicles his sexual coming-of-age in a humorous style that is often compared to David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell. His writing first gained popularity when Nerve.com published a series of essays that were later collected in "Oedipus Wrecked."

Keck was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, and raised in Denver, North Carolina. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and an M.F.A in Creative Wrtiting from Syracuse University.

Trivia

* Each of his books begins with an epigraph from Edward Abbey.

* His Cousin, Kristi Keck, is a writer for [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/18/keck.otsc/index.html CNN.com]

Bibliography

2004 "My Summer Vacation: Poems 1994 - 2004". North Carolina: M2 Press. ISBN 0-9707802-1-4
2005 "Oedipus Wrecked". San Francisco: Cleis Press. ISBN 1-57344-222-4
2008 "Are You There God? It's Me. Kevin." New York: Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 1596914165

External links

* [http://www.cleispress.com Cleis Press]
* [http://thekeck.typepad.com Kevin Keck (official site)]
* [http://www.nerve.com Nerve.com]
* [http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=1276 Kevin Keck interviewed at Powells.com]

* [http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2006/11/book_notes_kevi_2.html Kevin Keck essay on writing "Oedipus Wrecked"]