Kevin P. Keating: Fiction, Essays & Commentary

" The board of trustees announced the winners of the Cleveland Arts Prize Wednesday, May 3.  Two prizes are awarded to "emerging artists" currently living in Northeast Ohio or who have resided, worked, or studied here, and who show promise and have produced significant work. This year's winners include Kevin P. Keating a uthor of two well-received novels, The Natural Order of Things and The Captive Condition , and a prolific and widely-published writer of essays and short stories. A graduate of Columbia College and Cleveland State University, Keating is currently pursuing a degree from Southern New Hampshire University and teaching at Baldwin Wallace University." The oldest award of its kind in the United States, the Cleveland Arts Prize is a testament to the standard of excellence and quality of artists in Northeast Ohio.  In addition to artists, the Arts Prize honors individuals who have expanded the community’s participation in the arts and helped make

From Cleveland State University's Alumni Association: As a 27-year-old union boilermaker, Keating worked his way through college, earning his BA from Columbia College in Chicago and his MA in English from Cleveland State University. He recalls pondering the latest version of his master's thesis while his blowtorch melted thick sheets of steel in the dark pit of a dust collector.  Upon graduating with his master’s degree, Keating was approached to teach English Composition at Cleveland State and was happy to oblige. He also became a professor of English at Baldwin Wallace University, Lorain County Community College and Lakeland Community College. READ MORE HERE