Kathleen Fraser (March 22, 1935 - February 5, 2019) was a contemporary poet.[1][2] She was a Guggenheim Fellow.[3]
Kathleen Fraser | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 22, 1935 Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Died | February 5, 2019 (aged 83) Emeryville, California |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Education | Occidental College |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Literary movement | (HOW)ever |
Early years edit
Fraser was born in 1935 and grew up in Oklahoma, Colorado, and California.[4] She graduated from Occidental College.[5]
Career edit
During her teaching career at San Francisco State University from 1972 to 1992, she directed The Poetry Center and founded The American Poetry Archives; she also wrote and narrated the one-hour video Women Working in Literature.
Fraser was co-founder and co-editor, with Beverly Dahlen and Frances Jaffer, later joined by Susan Gevirtz, of the feminist poetics newsletter (HOW)ever. From 1983-1991, Fraser published and edited HOW(ever) as "a journal focused on innovative writing by contemporary women and neglected texts by American modernist women writers".[5]
She died February 5, 2019, in Emeryville, California.[6]
Works edit
- What I Want New York Harper & Row, 1974. ISBN 9780060113445, OCLC 976635759.
- Magritte Series Willits, Calif. : Tuumba Press, 1977. OCLC 3011187
- New Shoes New York ; Hagerstown ; San Francisco ; London : Harper and Row, 1978. ISBN 9780060113742, OCLC 463065375
- Each Next, narratives, Berkeley : Figures, 1980. ISBN 9780935724028, OCLC 639716968
- Something (even human voices) in the foreground, a lake (1984),
- Notes Preceding Trust Santa Monica: Lapis Press, 1987. ISBN 9780932499240, OCLC 17280081
- When New Time Folds Up Minneapolis : Chax Press, 1993. ISBN 9780925904140, OCLC 28847000
- WING Mill Valley, CA Em Press 1995. ISBN 9780963208576, OCLC 333328959
- il cuore : the heart - New & Selected Poems (1970-1995) Wesleyan University Press; University Press of New England, 1997. ISBN 9780819522443, OCLC 37011379
- Discreet Categories Forced Into Coupling Berkeley, Calif : Apogee Press, 2004. ISBN 9780974468730, OCLC 637353897
- "The cars" (2004)
- Movable Tyype Nightboat Books, 2011. ISBN 9780984459889, OCLC 712117797
References edit
- ^ Kathleen Fraser Biography
- ^ "Electronic Poetry Center". writing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Kathleen Fraser". Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- ^ "Jacket author notes: Kathleen Fraser". Jacketmagazine.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ a b "Kathleen Fraser - Bio Notes and Publications". writing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- ^ "Kathleen Fraser (1935-2019) | Nightboat Books". nightboat.org. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
External links edit
| External audio | |
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 PennSound |
- Book review
- A web guide to Kathleen Fraser from literaryhistory.com
- The Magritte Series
- HOW(ever) archives
- Four Young Poets in 1959
- How2 archives
- Author page at the Electronic Poetry Center
- An Entirely Different Immersion: Talking to Kathleen Fraser, LA Review of Books, Andy Fitch, 12/08/2017
- Kathleen Fraser Papers MSS 529. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.