Kevin Prufer

Kevin Prufer

@kevinprufer.bsky.social

Poet, novelist, editor, professor. I co-direct The Unsung Masters Series. My newest books are The Fears (Copper Canyon Press, 2013) and Sleepaway: A Novel (Acre Books, 2014).

294 Followers 93 Following 4 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 month ago

Unsung Masters Co-Directors and series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social and Martin Rock (@infinite-scroll.bsky.social) have a new book coming out with @weslpress.bsky.social later this year.

It's a stunning cover, reflecting a messier and more tangled literary history than is often presented.

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1 month ago
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So excited to share our new cover for Other Legacies: Great Unsung American Poets!

Forthcoming from @weslpress.bsky.social . Edited by Adrienne Perry, @kevinprufer.bsky.social , and Martin Rock.

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1 month ago
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In Siberia The smuggler had just                                       stilettoed a young poet who had come across evidence of his crimes

Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social featured at @poetrydaily.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉
poems.com/poem/in-sibe...

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1 month ago

She wrote a lovely essay about your work.

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5 months ago
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Flashback Friday! "I began w/the idea that there might be a weather event—a mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around the original idea."
@kevinprufer.bsky.social on SLEEPAWAY #novel

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6 months ago
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We're seeking proposals for future Unsung Masters volumes!

Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.

For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.

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7 months ago
Kevin Prufer's novel, SLEEPAWAY, on a bookshelf.

Spotted on the shelves at @politicsprose.bsky.social in D.C.: Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social's award-winning novel, SLEEPAWAY! 🎉🎉🎉

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7 months ago

Hey cool!

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9 months ago
"Sleepaway" is a 2024 Foreword INDIES Winner "Sleepaway" is a Foreword INDIES winner in Literary (Adult Fiction). An incurable, inexplicable condition brings humanity to the breaking point in Kevin Prufer’s novel "Sleepaway". They call it “the s...

Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social! SLEEPAWAY is a 2024 Foreword INDIES winner in the category of adult #fiction! 🎉🎉🎉 www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...

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9 months ago
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Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social (SLEEPAWAY) for being named the 2026 Texas Poet Laureate! 🎉🎉🎉 www.arts.texas.gov/kevin-prufer/

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10 months ago
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We're counting down until the big reveal at the awards ceremony this June! Fingers crossed for our 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists @kevinprufer.bsky.social (SLEEPAWAY) and @amitmajmudar.bsky.social (THE GREAT GAME). 🎉🎉🎉

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10 months ago
Cover image for Kevin Prufer's novel SLEEPAWAY. Menacing white cloud in clear blue sky hangs over field.

Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is a finalist for the 2025 Midwest Book Awards! 🎉🎉🎉 mipa.org/midwest-book... #fiction #booksky

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10 months ago
Cover for Kevin Prufer's novel SLEEPAWAY. Eerie white cloud hangs over open field in clear blue sky.

Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social, whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is runner-up for The Society of Midland Authors Award in the category of #fiction! 🎉🎉🎉

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11 months ago
Author Talk & Book Launch: Wayne Miller's The End of Childhood Join us to celebrate the launch of Wayne Miller's The End of Childhood. Wayne will be joined by Juan Morales and Kevin Prufer.

Denver folks! I'll be launching THE END OF CHILDHOOD at MATTER (2114 Market St) this Thursday (Apr 3) at 6:30pm. Juan Morales and @kevinprufer.bsky.social will also read from their work. It should be super fun! We'll grab a drink afterward somewhere nearby. Come say hi!

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11 months ago
Kevin Prufer signing copies of his novel, SLEEPAWAY, at the AWP bookfair.

Acre authors in action! @kevinprufer.bsky.social signing copies of his #novel, SLEEPAWAY, at the AWP bookfair! 🎉📚🖊️

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11 months ago
Cover image for Kevin Prufer's novel SLEEPAWAY. Eerie white cloud drifts in clear blue sky over field.

"I began with the idea that there might be a...mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as a metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around
the original idea." @kevinprufer.bsky.social on the origins of SLEEPAWAY (Rain Taxi) #novel

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1 year ago
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Sleepaway by Kevin Prufer YouTube video by Acre Books – OFFICIAL

Hopefully they’re also mentioning @kevinprufer.bsky.social’s new book SLEEPAWAY from @acrebooks.bsky.social.

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1 year ago
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Sleepaway A haunting debut novel from celebrated poet Kevin Prufer. It’s 1984, and the invisible mists are falling, mists that cause people to slip into dreamless slumber—sleeps from which most, but not all, aw...

Because of the really nice buzz around my little apocalyptic novel Sleepaway, Amazon has sold out. But copies available directly through the distributor, linked below. And if you use this discount code, you'll get 15% off: HOHOACRE15.

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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1 year ago
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This dystopian novel captures a defining feeling of our age: anxiety Kevin Prufer's small-press debut novel, "Sleepaway," deserved more attention this year for observing humanity in crisis.

The LA Times likes my new novel!

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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