Kerry James Evans
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Kerry James Evans (born 1983) is an American poet. He holds a PhD in English from Florida State University and an MFA in creative writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He lives in Milledgeville, Georgia with his dog, Merlin.
Evans’ debut book, Bangalore, was published in 2013 by Copper Canyon Press and was a 2013 Lannan Literary Selection.[1][2] He was interviewed by The New York Times in 2013.[3] Evans's second poetry collection Nine Persimmons is forthcoming from Backwaters Press in April of 2026.
Until its retirement in Spring 2025, he served as the poetry editor for Arts & Letters.[4] Evans will serve alongside Laura Newbern as co-editor on the upcoming literary journal out of Georgia College, Peach.
