Louis McKee, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Louis McKee

American writer

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1951

Date of Death: 21-Nov-2011

Profession: poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Louis McKee (born July 31, 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died November 21, 2011) was an American poet and a fixture of the Philadelphia poetry scene from the early 1970s.
He was the author of Schuylkill County (Wampeter, 1982), The True Speed of Things (Slash and Burn, 1984), and fourteen other collections.
More recently, he published River Architecture: Poems from Here & There 1973-1993 (Cynic, 1999), Loose Change (Marsh River Editions, 2001), and a volume in the Pudding House Greatest Hits series.
Gerald Stern called his work “heart-breaking” and “necessary,” while William Stafford has written, “Louis McKee makes me think of how much fun it was to put your hand out a car window and make the air carry you into quick adventures and curlicues.
He is so adept at turning all kinds of sudden glimpses into good patterns.” Naomi Shihab Nye says, “Louis McKee is one of the truest hearts and voices in poetry we will ever be lucky to know.”