Ken Cormier is a fiction writer, performance poet, independent radio producer, and musician. His live performances have been described as “a William Burroughs exorcism through a Karaoke machine.” Ken directs the Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies Program at the University of Connecticut.
New Short Story!
“Best Beef” published in Maudlin House. Read it here!
Clouds and Steam was just reviewed in Freak Scene. Read the review here!
Clouds and steam
“Cormier emphasizes melody, with bold hooks that seem effortless, frequently in unpredictable ways.” -Freak Scene
old King cloud
“Full of catchy hooks, wistful lyrics and masterful production value.” -WNPR
“The album is a showcase for Cormier’s smart lyricism and his pop instincts.” -Listen Dammit
the tragedy in my neighborhood
"No one does what Ken Cormier does -- set the poem free to the infinite, knowing that it will always return, home, striking gold in them thar hearts."
-Bob Holman
BALANCE ACT
"Balance Act is a no-net, bare-naked, high-wire performance that defies gravity with hilarity, with absurdity, and with a blessed surround-sound of song. Ken Cormier cuts language to its tender, small bone-words and rattles them like crazy."
-Janet Kauffman, author of Eco-dementia and Trespassing: Dirt Stories and Field Notes
Nowhere is nowhere
“A collection of off-kilter pop songs with vivid (sometimes weird) imagery and carefully crafted arrangements of guitar, keyboards and drums.” -Hartford Courant
Radio-bueno
“Cormier is a bright talent, filled with ideas.” -AllMusic
GOD DAMN DOGHOUSE
“Zillions of things going on here. Amazing amazing amazing.”
-Agenda Magazine