CV
[b. 1986, California]
EDUCATION
2020 | MFA Creative Writing: Nonfiction, University of Montana
2013 | Creative Writing (Poetry) & Book Arts, IPRC Portland
2008 | B.S. Conservation & Resource Studies and B.A. English, UC Berkeley
TEACHING
2020-present | Assistant Professor of English, University of Montana
2022-2023 | Interim Director of Composition, University of Montana
2021 | Creative Writing Workshop Instructor, IPRC Portland
2018-2020 | Graduate Student Instructor, University of Montana
2014 | Graduate Student Instructor, University of Arizona
2013 | Visual Art Workshop Instructor, IPRC Portland
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2021 | Pushcart Prize Nomination - “Fire Season” at Territory
2019 | Bertha Morton Scholar, University of Montana
2016 | Best Poetry Books of 2016 - Chicago Review of Books, Entropy Magazine
2014 | Pushcart Prize Nomination - “Guided Visualization” at Sixth Finch
2014 | Octopus Books 2014 Manuscript Finalist - Popular Music
2014 | Best of the Net - Poetry
2013 | Best of the Net - Poetry
BOOKS
2020 | The New World (Black Ocean)
2016 | Popular Music (Black Ocean)
2014 | Boyfriend Mountain (with Tyler Brewington) (Poor Claudia)
CHAPBOOKS
2014 | Activity Book (NAP)
2013 | Nature Machine (with Tyler Brewington) (Poor Claudia)
2013 | What I Can Prove (IPRC)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2022 | Midst Poetry - Here on Earth
2021 | Territory - “Fire Season” (Pushcart Nominee)
2018 | Pouch Magazine - Two Poems
2017 | The New York Tyrant - Three Poems (2)
2017 | Gramma Poetry - Three Poems
2017 | The New York Tyrant - Three Poems (1)
2016 | Broadly (VICE) - "Meditations in an Apocalypse"
2016 | The New York Tyrant - "Poem for a New Year"
2016 | Broadly [VICE] - “The Grow”
2016 | The Awl - "The New World"
2015 | Sink Review - “Tell Frances: Mandarin Oranges” (w/ Emily Kendal Frey)
2015 | Hobart - Two Poems from Popular Music
2015 | Sixth Finch - Two Poems
2015 | PEN America - “The Rain Will Not Prepare You”
2015 | Powderkeg Magazine - “The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean” [Cosmos Tribute]
2015 | Forklift, Ohio - Three Poems
2015 | GlitterMOB Magazine - Three Poems
2014 | JERKPOET - Three Poems
2014 | Quarter Magazine - Two Poems
2014 | The Volta - Selections from Fjords, music translation (w/ Zachary Schomburg)
2014 | Sixth Finch - Three Poems
2013 | Project Cityscope - What is Public Space?
2013 | Illuminati Girl Gang - Three Poems
2013 | Spork Press - Three Poems
2012 | Mud Luscious Press - Three Poems
SELECTED PRESS
2016 | Entropy Magazine - The Best Poetry Books of 2016
2016 | Chicago Review of Books - The Best Poetry Books of 2016
2016 | Brooklyn Rail - Against the Willowy Rascal With a Giant Phallus: A Review of Kelly Schirmann and Bernadette Mayer
2016 | Electric Literature - The Contradictory Desires of Popular Music
2016 | The Willamette Week - Popular Music Review
2016 | Publishers Weekly - Popular Music Review
2015 | Publishers Weekly - Boyfriend Mountain Review
2015 | The Fanzine - WWATHYOSTD: Kelly Schirmann and Tyler Brewington
2015 | The Nervous Breakdown - Kelly Schirmann and Tyler Brewington: The Self-Interview
2015 | The Portland Mercury - Running Up That Hill: Love and Death on Boyfriend Mountain
2014 | PQ Monthly - Boyfriend Mountain
2014 | The Volta - None of These Small Earthquakes Get Recorded: An Interview with Brandon Shimoda and Dot Devota by Kelly Schirmann
2014 | Eleven PDX - Portland Poet Profile: Kelly Schirmann
2014 | The Conversant - An Interview with Kelly Schirmann & Tyler Brewington
2013 | Cutty Spot - Video Response Interview w/ Kelly Schirmann
2013 | The Fanzine - An Interview with Young Family
2013 | ARTLOG - Nature Collages by Kelly Schirmann
2012 | FADER Magazine - 20 Musicians, Tastemakers & Other Weirdos Pick Their Favorite Music of 2012
SELECTED READINGS
2022 | Camas Magazine Release Party (w/ Chris LaTray, Chris Dombrowski) - Missoula, MT
2021 | Skylight Books Reading (w/ Anaïs Duplan, Stacey Tran) - Los Angeles, CA
2019 | And Other Bodiless Powers Release Part (w/ Sarah Aronson) - Missoula, MT
2016 | Radiant Book Tour (w/ Matt Hart) - Portland, OR
2016 | Black Ocean Reading (w/ Josh Fomon) - Portland, OR
2016 | Mission Creek Festival (w/ Anaïs Duplan, Zachary Schomburg) - Iowa City, IA
2016 | Mission Creek Festival (w/ Johannes Goransson, Janaka Stucky) - Iowa City, IA
2015 | The New Privacy - Portland, OR
2015 | If Not For Kidnap (w/ KMA Sullivan & Sampson Starkweather) - Portland, OR
2015 | Helsing Junction Sleepover (w/ K Records) - Olympia, WA
2015 | Bird / No Bird Reading (w/ Donald Dunbar, John Beer, and Jeff Alessandrelli) -Portland, OR
2015 | Smallpressapalooza at Powell’s Books - Portland, OR
2015 | Boyfriend Mountain Release Party at Holocene - Portland, OR
2014 | Private Reading (w/ Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Mike Young, and Lily Hoang) - Tucson, AZ
2014 | Bone Tax Reading Series - Portland, OR
2014 | Ghosts and Projectors Reading Series (w/ Tyler Brewington) - Boise, ID
2014 | Burnside Review Release Party (w/ Jeff Alessandrelli and Sid Miller) - Portland, OR
2014 | Octopus Books / Poor Claudia AWP Offsite Reading - Seattle, WA
2014 | Sixth Finch AWP Offsite Reading - Seattle, WA
2014 | The Switch PDX Reading Series - Portland, OR
2013 | Á Reading Series - Portland, OR
2013 | Bad Blood (w/ Tyler Brewington, Mathias Svalina, Amy Lawless, and Bianca Stone) - Portland, OR
2013 |Lit Hop / Bad Blood at the Eagle’s Lodge - Portland, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (VISUAL ART)
2013 | High / Desert - The Waypost - Portland, OR
2013 | New Mine - The People’s Yoga - Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (VISUAL ART)
2013 | Dreem Machines - Caravan Pacific Showroom - Portland, OR
2012 | Thrashin! - Mobile Street Creative - Kalamazoo, MI
2011 | Spirit / Material - Liberation Yoga - Los Angeles, CA
PERFORMANCES (MUSIC)
2019 | Western Cider (w/ Sung Mountains) - Missoula, MT
2014 | Café Passé (w/ Algae & Tentacles, Cy Dune) - Tucson, AZ
2014 | Club Congress (w/ Algae & Tentacles) - Tucson, AZ
2014 | UA Poetry Center Portrait Gallery Opening (w/ Zachary Schomburg) - Tucson, AZ
2014 | The Book of Joshua Release Party (w/ Zachary Schomburg & Dasha Shleyeva) - Portland, OR
2013 | The Waypost (w/ Language) - Portland OR
2013 | The Someday Lounge (w/ Language) - Portland, OR
2013 | The Foggy Notion (w/ Language) - Portland, OR
2013 | KPSU Studio Series (w/ Language) - Portland, OR
2012 | Ella Street Social Club (w/ Language) - Portland, OR
2009 | The Bubble Lounge (w/ State of Oregon) - Portland, OR
2009 | The Bean (w/ State of Oregon) - Portland, OR
MUSIC RECORDINGS & ALBUMS
2018 | Sanctuary by Sung Mountains
2013 | King Cobra by Young Family (Spork Press)
2012 | You Ruined It by Young Family (Dazzleships Records)
2012 | Also Dead, Vol. 1 + 2 by Language
2010 | Astral Weeks by headband
2009 | good green leaves by headband