.... Ken Cormier is a teacher, performance poet, independent radio
.... producer, and musician. He is the author of two collections of
.... stories and poems: Balance Act (Insomniac Press 2000) and
.... The Tragedy in My Neighborhood (Dead Academics Press 2010).
.... He has released three CDs of original music: God Damn Doghouse
.... (2000) and Radio-Bueno (2002) with Elis Eil Records, and
.....Nowhere Is Nowhere (2009) with Cosmodemonic Telegraph
.... Records. Ken's live performances have been described as “a
.... William Burroughs exorcism through a Karaoke machine, whipping
.... the crowd into a frenzy, filled with amazement and genuine toe-
.... tappin' joy.” Ken co-founded and edited The Lumberyard, a radio
.... magazine of poetry, prose and music, which aired weekly on WHUS
.... in Connecticut from 2005-2008. Ken is currently a Ph.D. candidate
.... at the University of Connecticut. He will begin as an Assistant
.... Professor of English at Quinnipiac University in fall 2010.