1. Kevin Killian was an American poet, author, editor, and playwright, primarily of LGBT literature.
15 Facts About Kevin Killian
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Kevin Killian was born on December 24,1952, in Smithtown, New York.
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Kevin Killian was raised Roman Catholic and attended a Roman Catholic parochial school run by Franciscan friars.
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Kevin Killian discussed these experiences in an essay in the edited work Wrestling with the Angel.
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Kevin Killian was the New York City spelling bee champion.
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Kevin Killian attended Fordham University and graduate school at Stony Brook University in the 1970s.
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Kevin Killian admired the work of JT LeRoy, and held public readings of LeRoy's work in 2000.
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Kevin Killian's poetry has appeared in the anthology The Best American Poetry 1988, the magazine Discontents, and the anthology Good Times: Bad Trips.
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Kevin Killian once based a volume of poetry on the work of horror film director Dario Argento.
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Kevin Killian helped author Alvin Orloff polish chapters of his novel Gutterboys.
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Kevin Killian was founder and former director of Small Press Traffic.
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Kevin Killian co-founded the Poets Theater in San Francisco, and acted in as well as wrote pieces for the group.
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Kevin Killian co-authored the performance art piece The Red and the Green in 2005 with cinematographer Karla Milosevich.
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Kevin Killian was active in bringing attention to important LGBTQ artists and writers of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
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Kevin Killian held poetry readings of a wide number of influential poets and writers and participated in a number of panels, art installations, retrospectives, and memorials.