Ken Rodgers teaches and writes in Boise, ID. Ken has chased sheep across the desert, chased the enemy through the jungles of southeast Asia, run the headgate to capture cattle, pounded the keys of a calculator, pounded the keys of a typewriter, peddled mountain real estate, and tailed off recycled redwood at a finishing mill.
An award-winning author, Ken explores the region where poetry and prose meet.
His poems, short stories and essays have appeared in Idaho Arts Quarterly, Eagle Magazine, The Farallon Review, 34th Parallel, Ascent Aspirations, Switchback, VerbSap, Absomaly, Tiny Lights, Fiction Attic, Roman Candles, and other publications. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco. Ken is a Pushcart Prize Nominee, and was nominated for Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, California, as well as for inclusion in Best New American Voices. His book of poetry, Trench Dining (Running Wolf Press), was published in 2003. His newest book, Barstow and Other Poems, was released this year.
He has performed his work in libraries, hair salons, coffee shops, book fairs, wineries, movie theaters, colleges, pubs, book stores, and on public radio and television. He has also juried several writing contests.
Ken is a founding member and on the governing board of the Idaho Writer's Guild, an affiliate of The Cabin literary center in Boise. Along with his wife, Betty, he was a founding member of the Literary Arts Council of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Sebastopol, CA, and together they have hosted many classes, workshops, and readings. They have a son, James, and a daughter, Sarah, www.sarahrodgersart.com, as well as two granddaughters, Justyce and Jayden.
Ken is available to help you spice up your writing. Whether you are a committed writer trying to start or finish a book, a budding poet, or a businessperson trying to discover better ways to express yourself, Ken's instruction and advice are invaluable. Working with him will bring dramatic changes to your writing.
"I am now taking my fourth on-line class with Ken. I know without a doubt that his lectures will
both expand my knowledge and serve as a taking-off point to learn and explore more on my own. His critiques, always thoughtful and honest, challenge me to rework my poems and grow as a writer. More though, Ken's own academic curiosity and commitment as a writer inspires and compels us, his students." --Nancy Cavers Dougherty
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