Kevin
Craft
Previous Quarter Courses
- Composition II
(ENGL&102)
- Composition II
(ENGL&102)
Current Quarter Courses
- Composition II
(ENGL&102)
- Poetry III
(ENGL206)
- Poetry II
(ENGL166)
- Poetry I
(ENGL106)
Credentials
B.A. (2), University of Maryland
M.F.A., University of Washington
Professional Research and Interests
Courses Taught: Poetry, Fiction, Shakespeare, American Literature, Travel Literature, Art History, Mediterranean Culture and Civilization, Study Abroad in Rome
Biography:
Kevin Craft directs the Written Arts Program at Everett Community College. For two decades he also served as a faculty director of the University of Washington’s Writers in Rome Program. His books include Traverse (Lynx House Press, 2024), Vagrants & Accidentals (UW Press, 2017), and Solar Prominence (Cloudbank Books, 2005)--which won the Gorsline Prize, selected by Vern Rutsala. In addition, he has edited five volumes of the anthology Mare Nostrum, an annual collection of Italian translation and Mediterranean-inspired travel writing (Writ in Water Press, 2004 – 2009). Editor and Publisher of Poetry Northwest since 2010, his current focus is developing the in-house book imprint for Poetry NW Editions.
He has received fellowships and awards from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, MacDowell Colony, the Bogliasco Foundation (Italy), the Camargo Foundation (France), 4Culture, The Jack Straw Cultural Center, PLAYA, and Artist Trust. In 2022 he was Artist in Residence at Olympic National Park. His writing explores the value of memory and the durability of relationships, particularly in non-traditional families and nomadic communities, in the passages of deep time, and under contemporary pressures of profound ecological change.
