Emily Fragos | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University, Paris-Sorbonne University, Columbia University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Witter Bynner Fellowship |
Emily Fragos is an American poet. She was a Witter Bynner Fellow, and Guggenheim Fellow. [1]
She graduated from Syracuse University, Paris-Sorbonne University, and Columbia University. [2]
She is retired from teaching at New York University, and Columbia University. [3]
Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, [4] BOMB, [5] Boston Review , [6] and Paris Review. [7]
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Fragos's poems fulfill every expectation: artful, revealing, soulful, and full of empathy and passion. This is what happens when a heart that cares about the broken things of the world pumps ink onto the page.
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| Audio | |
 Emily Fragos, The Poet and the Poem 2017-18 Series | |
| Video | |
 Witter Bynner Fellowship Reading: Emily Fragos & Bobby C. Rogers, Library of Congress |
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