Dexter L. Booth is the author of Scratching the Ghost (Graywolf Press, 2013) selected by Major Jackson. His poems have been included in the anthology The Best American Poetry 2015 (edited by Sherman Alexie), as well as Blackbird, The Southeast Review, Ostrich Review, Grist, Willow Springs, Bat City Review, Virginia Quarterly, and other publications.
While at MacDowell he worked on his second book, Welcome to the Coon Show, a collection of poems investigating the connections between African myth, American pop culture, and police violence against minorities.
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
Dexter Booth worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.
Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…
