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 descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, her most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry which 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 the Littoral Press Prize.
Degrees
PhD, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMFA, University of Michigan
BA, Washington University in St. Louis
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate Studies- 92 Street Y Discovery Contest Winner - 2021
- James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets - 2021
- 49th Parallel Poetry Award - 2022
- 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.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/CWR2600 6.0 | C | Introduction to Creative Writing | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/CWR3620 6.0 | A | Intermediate Poetry Workshop | SEMR |
| Winter 2023 | GS/EN6777 3.0 | M | Multimodal Writing | 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 descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, her most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry which 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 the Littoral Press Prize.
Degrees
PhD, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMFA, University of Michigan
BA, Washington University in St. Louis
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesAwards
- 92 Street Y Discovery Contest Winner - 2021
- James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets - 2021
- 49th Parallel Poetry Award - 2022
- 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.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/CWR2600 6.0 | C | Introduction to Creative Writing | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2022 | AP/CWR3620 6.0 | A | Intermediate Poetry Workshop | SEMR |
| Winter 2023 | GS/EN6777 3.0 | M | Multimodal Writing | SEMR |
