Fathers: Collected Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692734827)

Ken Koprowski is a poet, writer, communications consultant, and educator. His collection of poetry, Fathers - Collected Poems 1973-2015, is being published by Ravenswood Publishing in the spring of 2016. In addition to being a prolific writer, he is an award-winning creative director and producer, and photographer. He earned his M.A. in Creative Writing with a specialization in poetry and completed his doctoral coursework at Syracuse University before pursuing a career in public relations. He is working on a second book of poetry and a collection of short stories entitled Draft Dodgers. He currently teaches advanced public relations writing and a range of public relations subjects in the Master's programs at New York University, Iona College and Manhattanville College. In addition, he teaches crisis communication and reputation management - courses he designed -- in the MBA program and business communications at UConn Stamford. Ken has extensive advertising, marketing and communication management experience. He served as corporate spokesperson in diverse, complex and difficult situations. Ken has written speeches for many well-known corporate leaders, annual and CSR reports, OPEDs, communications plans, ads, video and audio scripts, websites, blogs, and more. He recently edited, and wrote the introduction and chapter on using digital and social media in crisis communications for a popular crisis communications handbook. Ken grew up in the Midwest - in Chicago and central and northern Wisconsin. For the past 40 years, he's lived and worked in New York, southwestern Connecticut and southern Vermont. He and his wife of 35 years have three sons and a daughter, and they in turn have nine children of their own.