Kevin Goodan

Kevin Goodan is an American poet and professor. His most recent book is Spot Weather Forecast (Alice James Books, 2021).[1] His first book, In the Ghost-House Acquainted, won a New England/New York Award[2] from Alice James Books, as well as the 2005 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award.[3] His poems have been published in Ploughshares,[4] Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Mid-American Review, American Poet Magazine, Cutbank, and other journals.

Raised on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Western Montana, Goodan began working for the U.S. Forest Service at a young age. He has lived in Northern Ireland and western Massachusetts. He received his M.F.A. degree from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his B.A. degree from the University of Montana. He has taught at the University of Connecticut and as Visiting Writer at Wesleyan University. He was formerly employed at Lewis-Clark State College,[5] and is currently an adjunct professor at Colby-Sawyer College.[6]