Biography: Douglas Kearney (1974)[3] is an American poet, performer and librettist. Kearney grew up in Altadena, California. His work has appeared in Nocturnes, Jubilat, Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast, Poetry, Pleiades, Iowa Review, Callaloo, Boston Review, Hyperallergic, Scapegoat, Obsidian, Boundary 2, Jacket2, Lana Turner, Brooklyn Rail, and Indiana Review.[4][5] In 2012, his and Anne LeBaron's opera, Crescent City, premiered and received widespread praise.[6] He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota.[7]