Kenzie Allen
Assistant Professor
Office: 642 Atkinson
Phone: 416-736-5166 Ext: 22146
Email: dmallen@yorku.ca
Primary website: Website & Portfolio
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).
Degrees
PhD in English & Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMFA in Poetry, University of Michigan
BA in Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch 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
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
A survey of documentary poetics, focusing on representation and artifice, archives and inventions, and methods and impacts.
Description:Considering techniques such as counterforensics, code-switching, and formal presentation, this essay series examines the documentary poet in their various roles as cultural interlocutor, imaginative interpreter, and activist.
Cloud Missives, Kenzie Allen (Tin House)
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CWR2600 6.0 | A | Introduction to Creative Writing | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CWR2600 6.0 | A | Introduction to Creative Writing | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | GS/EN6776 3.0 | M | Creative Writing: Poetry | SEMR |
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).
Degrees
PhD in English & Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMFA in Poetry, University of Michigan
BA in Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch 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 Research Projects
-
Summary:
A survey of documentary poetics, focusing on representation and artifice, archives and inventions, and methods and impacts.
Description:Considering techniques such as counterforensics, code-switching, and formal presentation, this essay series examines the documentary poet in their various roles as cultural interlocutor, imaginative interpreter, and activist.
All Publications
Cloud Missives, Kenzie Allen (Tin House)
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CWR2600 6.0 | A | Introduction to Creative Writing | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CWR2600 6.0 | A | Introduction to Creative Writing | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | GS/EN6776 3.0 | M | Creative Writing: Poetry | SEMR |
