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Collin Kelley

About Me

Collin Kelley is an award-winning novelist, poet and playwright from Atlanta. His debut novel, Conquering Venus, will be released in Summer 2009 by Vanilla Heart Publishing . He is the author of the poetry collections After the Poison (2008, Finishing Line Press), Slow To Burn (2006, Metro Mania Press) and Better To Travel (2003), which was nominated for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Lambda Literary Award and Georgia Author of the Year Award. His spoken word album, HalfLife Crisis is available at CD Baby and iTunes. He is the recipient of the Georgia Author of the Year Award and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Kelley’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Atlanta Review, Contemporary American Voices, In Posse Review, Blue Fifth Review, Terminus, New Delta Review and Chiron Review, among others. His work has been widely anthologized, including Red Light: Superheroes, Sluts and Saints (Arsenal Pulp Press) and A Slice of Cherry Pie (The Private Press, UK). He is also co-editor of the award-winning Java Monkey Speaks Anthology series (Poetry Atlanta Press) and The Thrill & The Hurting: Poems and Art Inspired by the Music of Kate Bush (Morning Fog Press, UK). For more information, visit [www.collinkelley.com] .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/08/2006
Band Website: www.collinkelley.com
Influences: Kate Bush, Anne Sexton, Sharon Olds, Alice Walker, Margaret Atwood, Stevie Nicks, Vanessa Daou, Marianne Faithfull, Kirsty MacColl, Erica Jong, Stan Rice, Sylvia Plath, Ted Kooser, Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Donald Hall, John Carder Bush, Imogen Heap, Happy Rhodes, Peter Gabriel, Jane Siberry, Wim Wenders, Krystof Kieslowski, Sally Potter, Walt Whitman...to name a few.
Record Label: CK
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

OCHO #24 Featuring Twitter Poets

On May 11, the Poets on Twitter post appeared here on the Modern Confessional blog. The next day, Didi Menendez -- founder of OCHO and MiPOesias literary magazines -- and I discussed doing a special e...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 18:44:00 GMT

Conquering Venus Book Trailer!

Many thanks to video producer/editor Tim O'Donnell and to Vanessa Daou for allowing me to use her gorgeous song "Heart of Wax" for the soundtrack. For more about Vanessa's music, visit w...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:37:00 GMT

ouroboros review issue two

http://issuu.com/ouroborosreview/docs/ouroborosrev...%20 My interview with poet, artist and musician Vanessa Daou is featured in the new edition of Ouroboros. You can read it online or buy a print cop...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Conquering Venus - A Novel by Collin Kelley

n the summer of 1995, young American writer Martin Paige agrees to chaperone a group of high school seniors on their graduation trip to Paris as a favor to his best friend, teacher Diane Jacobs. Diane...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:44:00 GMT

Valentine Interview on VGP Radio Tomorrow Night!

I'll be reading from "After the Poison" and other works, as well as talking with the fab poet Michael Aaron Casares on Virgogray Press Radio. The show starts at midnight CENTRAL TIME, so adjust your c...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:21:00 GMT

Joe Milford Poetry Show Interview Tonight!

I'll be reading from After the Poison and discussing Conquering Venus this evening on The Joe Milford Poetry Show starting at 5 p.m. eastern time. You can listen live at www.joemilfordpoetryshow.com. ...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:58:00 GMT

Happy Holidays & New Year

Just wanted to say happy holidays and happy new year. Thanks to everyone who has supported me and friended me on MySpace in 2008. Be sure to check out my website at www.collinkelley.com for reviews of...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:17:00 GMT

My novel has found a publisher!

My debut novel, Conquering Venus, will be published later this year as a paperback original by Vanilla Heart Publishing. I signed the contract on Tuesday thinking that it would be at least a year befo...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:59:00 GMT

Pushcart Nomination & Happy Holidays

I was thrilled to learn that my poem "Patty Hearst on the Occasion of Her Presidential Pardon" has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Blue Fifth Review editor Sam Rasnake. The poem appeared in the...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:21:00 GMT

YouTube Channel launches Nov. 17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V35Fu0T3_3M Collin reading "Patty Hearst on the Occasion of Her Presidential Pardon" at Cornelia Street Cafe in NYC on Oct. 30, 2008. Filmed by Jackie Sheele...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:09:00 GMT