A. Keith Carreiro is an author, poet, and classical guitarist with a lifelong addiction to storytelling. Mountain ranges and coastlines fascinate him, yet he still remains stymied in suburbia. Faith, music, family, friends, a Calico cat named Tick-Tack, and a young golden retriever named Blaise, help sustain him.
In June of 2022, Keith released an extended, annotated poem titled, Send Down the Master in Person: Reflections on Adolf Eichmann. This poem is a tribute to his parent's generation. It pays homage to those who fought for the Allies and to those who contributed to the war effort against the Axis powers. While it is about Eichmann, it also refers to the evil that existed in the world, especially the horror unleashed by Nazi Germany, and the hell that Hitler and his ilk waged against humanity. To date, this poem has won three awards: The 2022 Global Book Awards Award Finalist Poetry ‒ Verse; Readers’ Favorite Five-Star Review Award; and the American Writing Awards Best Books of 2022, 2022 Category Finalists, Send Down the Master in Person: Reflections on Adolf Eichmann.
He is currently writing a planned nine-book series titled The Immortality Wars. It is a sci-fi, fantasy, and spiritual thriller based on Christian themes. The first book, the Pilgrim - Part I, of the second trilogy trilogy was released in Dublin, Ireland in September 2023. The first trilogy, the Penitent, was published by Stillwater River Publications in August 2019. The fourth book in the series was published by Copper Beech Press.
Sample of Recent Work:
Carreiro, A. K. (2022 April). "The culling.” A poem about the Covid-19 Pandemic. Bridgewater Review, vol. 40, no. 1.
Carreiro, A. K. (2019). “A night’s tale.” In Martha Reynolds (Ed. and Introduction) Past, present, and future: Selected short fiction, nonfiction, poetry & prose from the Association of Rhode Island Authors (pp. 113–125). Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Stillwater Press.
Carreiro, A. K. (2019, March). "The poetry of Keith Carreiro." In The Fictional Café. Retrieved from https://www.fictionalcafe.com/the-poetry-of-keith-carreiro/ .
Carreiro, A. K. (2018). “A storyteller’s inspiration.” In Lenore Rheaume’s (Ed. and Introduction) Selections: Selected short fiction, nonfiction, poetry & prose from the Association of Rhode Island Authors (pp. 281–291). Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Stillwater Press.
Carreiro, A. K. (2016). “Crisis of conscience: War and peace at UMO.” In J. Bishop (Ed. and Introduction) Stephen King: Hearts in suspension with essays by college classmates and friends (pp. 305–320). Orono, Maine: The University of Maine Press.
