KENNY, Maurice (Francis)

KENNY, Maurice (Francis). American, b. 1929. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Writer. Associate professor at Paul Smith's College, Paul Smith's, NY; University of Victoria, BC, Canada; and North Country Community College, Saranac Lake, NY; visiting professor at University of Oklahoma, Norman; visiting poet, Lehigh University, spring, 1987. coordinator of the Robert Louis Stevenson Annual Writers Conference, summers 1987, 1988; SUNY, Potsdam, writer in residence. Has given lectures and readings throughout the country. Publications: Dead Letters Sent, and Other Poems, 1958; With Love to Lesbia, 1959; North: Poems of Home, 1977; Dancing Back Strong the Nation: Poems, 1979; I Am the Sun: A Lakota Chant, 1979; Only as Far as Brooklyn, 1979; Kneading the Blood, 1981, rev. ed., 1987; Blackrobe: Isaac Jogues, b. March 11, 1607, d. October 18, 1646: Poems, 1982; The Smell of Slaughter, 1982; Boston Tea Party, 1982; The Mama Poems, 1984; Rain and Other Fictions (short stories), 1985, rev. ed., 1990; Is Summer This Bear, 1985; Between Two Rivers: Selected Poems, 1987; Humors and/or Not So Humorous, 1987; Greyhounding This America: Poems and Dialog, 1988; Selections: Poems, 1988; The Short and the Long of It, 1990; Last Mornings in Brooklyn (chapbook), 1991; Tekonwatonti: Molly Brant (1735-1795): Poems of War, 1992, rev. ed., 2002; On Second Thought, 1995; Backward to Forward (essay), 1997; Tortured Skins & Other Fictions (short stories), 2000; In the Time of the Present (poetry), 2000; Carving Hawk (poetry). EDITOR: (and author of intro.) Wounds beneath the Flesh, 1983; Stories for a Winter's Night: Native American Fictions (short stories), 2000. Has composed poetry for TV programs. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Box 1029, Saranac Lake, NY 12983, U.S.A.