Poet, Writer, Teacher
A former college professor with an MFA in Creative Writing, Ken Waldman has published seventeen full-length poetry collections, three additional full-length poetry volumes for younger readers, a memoir, a creative writing manual, a short story collection, and a novel, all from respected independent small presses.

More than four hundred of Ken's poems have appeared in such publications as Beloit Poetry Journal, Manoa, Massachusetts Review, Puerto del Sol, Quarterly West, Rattle, South Dakota Review, and Yankee. His short stories have appeared in Gargoyle, Laurel Review, The MacGuffin, and almost a dozen other journals. Both his poetry and fiction have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. In addition, Ken is actively shopping two additional poetry collections and a second memoir. For almost thirty years now he has stayed active in the field as a writer, teacher, and reader. Since 1995 he's attended every AWP conference, but one.

In graduate school, Ken not only taught composition and developmental classes as a teaching assistant, but led workshops at the local correctional center. Afterward, Ken taught full-time in the University of Alaska system for three years, first as a visiting assistant professor in Sitka, then two years as an assistant professor in Nome, Alaska, on the Bering Sea coast, where he taught over the telephone. Ken considers himself of “the William Stafford school,” which, for him, has always meant that he has striven to be inclusive rather than exclusive as a writer and teacher.

As a writer—and as a poet—that's meant being open to wherever a piece of writing may take him. 

Here's what others say about Ken's writing and teaching. https://www.kenwaldman.com/endorsements-writing