Kevin Prufer
@kevinprufer.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, editor, professor. I co-direct The Unsung Masters Series. My newest books are The Fears (Copper Canyon Press, 2013) and Sleepaway: A Novel (Acre Books, 2014).
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Flashback Friday! "I began w/the idea that there might be a weather event—a mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around the original idea."
@kevinprufer.bsky.social on SLEEPAWAY #novel
@kevinprufer.bsky.social on SLEEPAWAY #novel
September 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Flashback Friday! "I began w/the idea that there might be a weather event—a mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around the original idea."
@kevinprufer.bsky.social on SLEEPAWAY #novel
@kevinprufer.bsky.social on SLEEPAWAY #novel
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We're seeking proposals for future Unsung Masters volumes!
Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.
For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.
Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.
For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We're seeking proposals for future Unsung Masters volumes!
Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.
For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.
Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.
For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.
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Spotted on the shelves at @politicsprose.bsky.social in D.C.: Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social's award-winning novel, SLEEPAWAY! 🎉🎉🎉
July 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Spotted on the shelves at @politicsprose.bsky.social in D.C.: Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social's award-winning novel, SLEEPAWAY! 🎉🎉🎉
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Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social! SLEEPAWAY is a 2024 Foreword INDIES winner in the category of adult #fiction! 🎉🎉🎉 www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...
"Sleepaway" is a 2024 Foreword INDIES Winner
"Sleepaway" is a Foreword INDIES winner in Literary (Adult Fiction). An incurable, inexplicable condition brings humanity to the breaking point in Kevin Prufer’s novel "Sleepaway". They call it “the s...
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June 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social! SLEEPAWAY is a 2024 Foreword INDIES winner in the category of adult #fiction! 🎉🎉🎉 www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...
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Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social (SLEEPAWAY) for being named the 2026 Texas Poet Laureate! 🎉🎉🎉 www.arts.texas.gov/kevin-prufer/
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May 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social (SLEEPAWAY) for being named the 2026 Texas Poet Laureate! 🎉🎉🎉 www.arts.texas.gov/kevin-prufer/
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We're counting down until the big reveal at the awards ceremony this June! Fingers crossed for our 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists @kevinprufer.bsky.social (SLEEPAWAY) and @amitmajmudar.bsky.social (THE GREAT GAME). 🎉🎉🎉
May 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We're counting down until the big reveal at the awards ceremony this June! Fingers crossed for our 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists @kevinprufer.bsky.social (SLEEPAWAY) and @amitmajmudar.bsky.social (THE GREAT GAME). 🎉🎉🎉
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Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is a finalist for the 2025 Midwest Book Awards! 🎉🎉🎉 mipa.org/midwest-book... #fiction #booksky
May 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is a finalist for the 2025 Midwest Book Awards! 🎉🎉🎉 mipa.org/midwest-book... #fiction #booksky
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Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social, whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is runner-up for The Society of Midland Authors Award in the category of #fiction! 🎉🎉🎉
April 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Congrats to Acre author @kevinprufer.bsky.social, whose novel, SLEEPAWAY, is runner-up for The Society of Midland Authors Award in the category of #fiction! 🎉🎉🎉
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Denver folks! I'll be launching THE END OF CHILDHOOD at MATTER (2114 Market St) this Thursday (Apr 3) at 6:30pm. Juan Morales and @kevinprufer.bsky.social will also read from their work. It should be super fun! We'll grab a drink afterward somewhere nearby. Come say hi!
Author Talk & Book Launch: Wayne Miller's The End of Childhood
Join us to celebrate the launch of Wayne Miller's The End of Childhood. Wayne will be joined by Juan Morales and Kevin Prufer.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Denver folks! I'll be launching THE END OF CHILDHOOD at MATTER (2114 Market St) this Thursday (Apr 3) at 6:30pm. Juan Morales and @kevinprufer.bsky.social will also read from their work. It should be super fun! We'll grab a drink afterward somewhere nearby. Come say hi!
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Acre authors in action! @kevinprufer.bsky.social signing copies of his #novel, SLEEPAWAY, at the AWP bookfair! 🎉📚🖊️
March 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Acre authors in action! @kevinprufer.bsky.social signing copies of his #novel, SLEEPAWAY, at the AWP bookfair! 🎉📚🖊️
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"I began with the idea that there might be a...mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as a metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around
the original idea." @kevinprufer.bsky.social on the origins of SLEEPAWAY (Rain Taxi) #novel
the original idea." @kevinprufer.bsky.social on the origins of SLEEPAWAY (Rain Taxi) #novel
March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"I began with the idea that there might be a...mist from the clouds—that created a temporary cancellation, a dreamless sleep...Weather as a metaphor—for loss, absence, cancellation, race—all that grew around
the original idea." @kevinprufer.bsky.social on the origins of SLEEPAWAY (Rain Taxi) #novel
the original idea." @kevinprufer.bsky.social on the origins of SLEEPAWAY (Rain Taxi) #novel
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Hopefully they’re also mentioning @kevinprufer.bsky.social’s new book SLEEPAWAY from @acrebooks.bsky.social.
Sleepaway by Kevin Prufer
YouTube video by Acre Books – OFFICIAL
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January 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hopefully they’re also mentioning @kevinprufer.bsky.social’s new book SLEEPAWAY from @acrebooks.bsky.social.
Because of the really nice buzz around my little apocalyptic novel Sleepaway, Amazon has sold out. But copies available directly through the distributor, linked below. And if you use this discount code, you'll get 15% off: HOHOACRE15.
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Sleepaway
A haunting debut novel from celebrated poet Kevin Prufer. It’s 1984, and the invisible mists are falling, mists that cause people to slip into dreamless slumber—sleeps from which most, but not all, aw...
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December 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Because of the really nice buzz around my little apocalyptic novel Sleepaway, Amazon has sold out. But copies available directly through the distributor, linked below. And if you use this discount code, you'll get 15% off: HOHOACRE15.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
