Carla Harryman

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Carla Harryman in Speaking Portraits, c.2004

Carla Harryman (born January 11, 1952) is an American poet, essayist, and playwright often associated with the Language poets. She teaches Creative Writing at Eastern Michigan University and serves on the MFA faculty of the Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College.

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Life and work

Born in Orange, California, Harryman studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara and San Francisco State University. In 1979, she co-founded the San Francisco Poets Theater, which staged experimental plays, including her Third Man and other plays. [1]

Harryman co-edited a book devoted to the work of Kathy Acker. [2] [3]

Publications

Personal life

Harryman is married to the poet Barrett Watten. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with Michael McGee and Jacques Dubrot", Combo issue 9 (2001)
  2. 1 2 "An Interview with Carla Harryman", by Megan Simpson, Contemporary Literature issue 37, vol. 4 (Winter 1996)
  3. ↑ "Interview (with Manuel Brito)", A Suite of Poetic Voices (Santa Brigada, Spain: Kadle Books, 1994)
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