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Mr. Keeler began writing in 1970 under the direction of Guy Owen. Detonation, his first book of poetry, contains poems from over thirty years of writing. His eclectic style ranges over traditional forms (sonnets, villanelles, sestinas) to less formal arrangements, and in content from science to silliness to love and death. His writing tends to be distinct from many academic or MFA writers, for whom he has a mild disdain.
Mr. Keeler has been published in over sixty literary journals and has won (or been named a finalist in) several contests and awards. He is currently completing the set of poems for his second book of poetry.
Mr. Keeler currently lives on Vashon Island, Washington. He is a minor Luddite, thus can only be can be contacted by email at detonation@alumni.duke.edu.
About the author
R. J. Keeler was born in St. Paul, and raised in the jungles of Colombia. He has a BS in mathematics (North Carolina State University), an MS in computer science (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), an MBA (University of California-Los Angeles), and a certificate in poetry (University of Washington). He was an honorman at a US Naval Submarine School and is Submarine Service (SS) qualified. Keeler is also a recipient of the Vietnam Service Medal, Honorable Discharge, and a Whiting Foundation Experimental Grant, and is a member of IEEE, AAAS, and the Academy of American Poets.
