Running Amok with Kevin Spenst

Kevin Spenst, a Pushcart Prize nominee, is the author of Ignite, Jabbering with Bing Bong (both Anvil Press), and over a dozen chapbooks including Pray Goodbye (Alfred Gustav Press), Ward Notes (serif of nottingham), Flip Flop Faces and Unexpurgated Lives (JackPine Press), and Upend (Frog Hollow Press: Dis/Ability series). His work has won the Lush Triumphant Award for Poetry, been nominated for both the Alfred G. Bailey Prize and the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, and has appeared in dozens of publications including Prairie Fire, CV2, BafterC, Lemon Hound, Poetry is Dead, and the Best Canadian Poetry 2019 anthology. He lives on unceded Coast Salish territory (Vancouver) with the love of his life Shauna Kaendo.His latest book is Hearts Amok: A Memoir in Verse, released in May by Anvil Press. https://www.anvilpress.com/authors/kevin-spenstKevin Spenst is also a BookFest/Festival du livre 2020 author.