Kenzie Allen is a poet and multimodal artist. Her research centers on documentary and visual poetics, literary cartography, and the enactment of Indigenous sovereignties through creative works. A first-generation descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, her most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry that incorporates intergenerational histories and diasporic movements, Haudenosaunee traditions, and archival materials of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School. A finalist for the National Poetry Series, her poems can be found in Poetry magazine, Boston Review, Narrative Magazine, Best New Poets, and other venues, and she is the recipient of a 92NY Discovery Prize, an inaugural James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets, the 49th Parallel Award in Poetry, and broadside prizes from Sundress Publications and Littoral Press. She is the author of Cloud Missives (Tin House, 2024).

Research Interests

• 92 Street Y Discovery Contest Winner - 2021
• James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets - 2021
• 49th Parallel Poetry Award - 2022
• Sundress Publications Broadside Prize - 2023
• Littoral Press Poetry Prize - 2014

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Current Courses

Kenzie Allen is a poet and multimodal artist. Her research centers on documentary and visual poetics, literary cartography, and the enactment of Indigenous sovereignties through creative works. A first-generation descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, her most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry that incorporates intergenerational histories and diasporic movements, Haudenosaunee traditions, and archival materials of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School. A finalist for the National Poetry Series, her poems can be found in Poetry magazine, Boston Review, Narrative Magazine, Best New Poets, and other venues, and she is the recipient of a 92NY Discovery Prize, an inaugural James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets, the 49th Parallel Award in Poetry, and broadside prizes from Sundress Publications and Littoral Press. She is the author of Cloud Missives (Tin House, 2024).

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Research Interests

Awards

• 92 Street Y Discovery Contest Winner - 2021
• James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets - 2021
• 49th Parallel Poetry Award - 2022
• Sundress Publications Broadside Prize - 2023
• Littoral Press Poetry Prize - 2014

Current Courses