K.E. Duffin

Mar 1 - One of the poets reading at the "Breakthrough: First Books of Poetry from the University of Arkansas Press" Panel, AWP 2007, Atlanta, GA

"King Vulture is easily the best book of poetry I've read so far this year. . . .[Duffin's] best work is among the finest writing in traditional forms I've ever encountered."
— Kevin Prufer, author of Fallen from a Chariot (read his review in Speakeasy Magazine)

“[E]ven those without paranormal powers can reasonably speculate that K. E. Duffin will be among the poets most discussed over the next couple of decades.”
— Alfred Corn, author of Stake: Poems, 1972–1992

“With the eyes of a naturalist and a traditionalist, Duffin’s high-flying persona ‘drifts in and out of worlds.’ As readers, we can only stand below and watch the poetic flights with admiration and awe.”
— Henry Hart, author of The Rooster Mask

K.E. Duffin is one of the "eighteen debut poets who made their mark in 2005" featured in Kevin Larimer's "That Glittering Possibility" in the November/December 2005 issue of Poets & Writers. "Bronze Age Helmet" was included in the electronic chapbook.

Sonny Williams interviews K.E. Duffin in the March 2005 issue of Bookslut:

"K. E. Duffin has recently published her first book of poems, King Vulture, with The University of Arkansas Press. She was a three-time finalist for the Walt Whitman Award, a finalist for the National Poetry Series, and a finalist for the Colorado Prize. Variously influenced by Hopkins, Clampitt, and Milosz, Duffin has rejected the “plain speech” that dominates much contemporary poetry to mine the English language and create a robust, baroque collection of elegant forms and classical themes. . . ."