Raymond’s interest in literature began in the 5th grade at Carlile Elementary School in Pueblo, CO, with the reading and book report on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. His interest in poetry began in college, with the tragedies of Shakespeare, and his introduction to the writing of Samuel Beckett. He was well instructed that dramas and novels can be just as poetic as poetry itself. He learned that poetry is the quickest, fullest and best way to express the truth with our fragile yet wondrous gift of language.
Raymond Keen was educated at Case Western Reserve Univer more...
