Meet X. J. Kennedy

X. J. Kennedy
X. J. Kennedy has written poetry, children's verse, and fiction as well as textbooks on writing and literature. Before becoming a full-time writer, he taught at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina–Greensboro, Tufts University, Wellesley College, the University of California–Irvine, and Leeds University. He now lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with his wife and sometime coauthor, Dorothy M. Kennedy.

Published Works

That Swing
Poems, 2008–2016

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The Bestiary, or Procession of Orpheus

Guillaume Apollinaire
translated, with an essay, by X. J. Kennedy
woodcuts by Raoul Dufy

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In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus
New and Selected Poems, 1955–2007

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The Lords of Misrule
Poems 1992–2001

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Dark Horses
New Poems

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