Daisy Fried
American poet (born 1967)
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Daisy Fried (born 1967, Ithaca, New York) is an American poet.[1]
Daisy Fried | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College |
| Subject | Poetry |
Life
Fried graduated from Swarthmore College in 1989.[2]
Her work has appeared in The London Review of Books, The Nation,[3] Poetry, The New Republic,[4] American Poetry Review, Antioch Review,[5] Threepenny Review,[6] Triquarterly.[7]
She teaches creative writing in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, and has taught creative writing as the Grace Hazard Conkling Poet-in-Residence at Smith College,[8] at Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College, Villanova University, Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, the low-residency MFA program at Warren Wilson College and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She has written prose about poetry for Poetry,[9] The New York Times[10] and The Threepenny Review[11] and has been a blogger for Harriet, the blog of the Poetry Foundation.
She lives with her husband, Jim Quinn, a writer[12][13][14] (not the radio talk show host), and their daughter, in Philadelphia.[15]
Awards
- 1998 Pew Fellowships in the Arts
- 1999 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, for She Didn't Mean to Do It
- 2004 Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University
- 2005 Cohen Award from Ploughshares for "Shooting Kinesha"
- 2006 Guggenheim Fellow
- 2007 Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awards for My Brother is Getting Arrested Again
- 2009 Poetry magazine Editor's Prize for best feature article in the past year for "Sing God-Awful Muse"
- Pushcart Prize
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
Works
Books
- She Didn't Mean to Do It. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2000. ISBN 0-8229-5738-8.
- My Brother is Getting Arrested Again. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8229-5919-9.
- Women's Poetry: Poems and Advice. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0-8229-6238-0.
Poems Online
- "Doll Ritual; Shooting Kinesha; Better Read, A Valentine; Stealing From Lehigh Dairy & My Brother Is Getting Arrested Again". Poetry magazine. Spring 2006. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
- "Women's Poetry". The Nation. June 3, 2009.
- "Attenti agli Zingari". American Poetry Review. 38 (6). December 2009. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014.
- "Torment". Poetry. March 2011 – via Poetry Foundation.
Anthologies
- Collins, Billy, ed. (2003). Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-8129-6887-3.
- Coghill, Sheila; Tammaro, Thom, eds. (2003). Visiting Walt: poems inspired by the life & work of Walt Whitman. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-854-8.
- Ochester, Ed, ed. (2007). American poetry now: Pitt poetry series anthology. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-4310-5.
- Schwepcke, Barbara Haus; Swainson, Bill, eds. (2019). A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue Between East and West. Gingko Library. ISBN 978-1-90994-228-8. (Translator)
Essays
- "Poetry on the Web". Poetry. May 2005 – via Poetry Foundation.
- "Who Needs to Hear A Quagga's Voice?". Poetry. January 2009 – via Poetry Foundation.
- "Prufrock Moment". Harriet Books. February 5, 2009 – via Poetry Foundation.
- "Sing, God-awful Muse!". Poetry. August 2009 – via Poetry Foundation.