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About Kerry Krouse

Kerry Krouse was born in Natchez, Mississippi. She received her M.F.A. from Saint Mary’s College and has taught literature, writing, and art in the Bay Area for the last 20 years. Kerry’s poetry and book reviews have appeared in both print and online journals such as The Southern Poetry Review, The Mississippi Review, Rattle, Lumina,and Linebreak.  Her work has been anthologized in Appetite: Food As Metaphor, an anthology of women poets by BOA Editions and Two Weeks: A Digital Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. She has received awards from The Academy of American Poets and The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience. 

Positions

Present Adjunct Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ English
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1999 - 2007 Adjunct Faculty Member, Chabot College ‐ English
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Disciplines

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Honors and Awards

  • Best of the Web 2009 [For “Wax and Gold V.’” Mississippi Review], Dzanc Books, Indiana University, 2009
  • Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience, 2009 & 2010
  • Russell and Yvonne Poetry Prize, The Academy of American Poets, New York, 1999
  • Writer in Residence, Arad Arts Project, Israel, 1999
  • Across The River, poetry chapbook, published by Arad Arts Project, Israel, 1999
  • Jean Burden Poetry Prize, The Academy of American Poets, New York, 1995
  • Creative Writing Talent Scholar, University of Redlands, 1993-1995

Courses

Education

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1999 MFA, Creative Writing, Saint Mary's College of California
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1995 BA, English, University of Redlands
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Links

Selected Publications (5)

Recordings (1)

Anthologies (2)

Poems that appear in anthologies

Book Reviews (1)

Reference (1)