Rodney Koeneke (born September 12, 1968) is an American poet.^[1]

Life and career

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Koeneke was raised in Tucson, Arizona and Hacienda Heights, California. He graduated with a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990, where he lived in Barrington Hall, and from Stanford University with a PhD in History and Humanities in 1997.

Koeneke is the author of several books and chapbooks of poetry, including Body & Glass (2018),^[2] Etruria (2014),^[3][4] Musee Mechanique (2006),^[5] and Rouge State (2003).^[6] His work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail,^[7] Fence, Granta,^[8] Gulf Coast,^[9] Harper's, Harriet,^[10] The Nation,^[11] New American Writing,^[12] Poetry, and Zyzzyva.^[13]

He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Works

Full Length Poetry

• Body & Glass (Wave Books, 2018) ISBN 9781940696683
• Etruria (Wave Books, 2014) ISBN 978-1-933517-81-0
• Musee Mechanique (BlazeVOX, 2006) ISBN 978-1934289006
• Rouge State (Pavement Saw, 2003) ISBN 978-1886350632

Chapbooks

• Seven for Boetticher & Other Poems (Hooke Press, 2015)
• Names of the Hits (of Diane Warren) (OMG!, 2010)
• Rules for Drinking Forties (Cy Press, 2009)
• On the Clamways (Sea Lamb, 2004)

Non-fiction

• Empires of the Mind: I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 (Stanford University Press, 2004) ISBN 978-0804748223