Kathleen Fraser (poet)

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Kathleen Fraser
Born(1935-03-22)March 22, 1935
Tulsa, Oklahoma
DiedFebruary 5, 2019(2019-02-05) (aged 83)
Emeryville, California
OccupationProfessor
EducationOccidental College
GenrePoetry
Literary movement(HOW)ever

Kathleen Fraser (March 22, 1935 - February 5, 2019) was a contemporary poet. [1] [2] She was a Guggenheim Fellow. [3]

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Early years

Fraser was born in 1935 and grew up in Oklahoma, Colorado, and California. [4] She graduated from Occidental College. [5]

Career

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

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References

  1. Kathleen Fraser Biography
  2. "Electronic Poetry Center". writing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  3. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Kathleen Fraser" . Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  4. "Jacket author notes: Kathleen Fraser". Jacketmagazine.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  5. 1 2 "Kathleen Fraser - Bio Notes and Publications". writing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  6. "Kathleen Fraser (1935-2019) | Nightboat Books". nightboat.org. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
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