Emily Kendal Frey
Emily Kendal Frey (born January 20, 1976, in McLean, Virginia) is an American poet.
Frey is the author of the full-length poetry collections The Grief Performance (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011), Sorrow Arrow (Octopus Books, 2014), and LOVABILITY (Fonograf Editions, 2021); the chapbooks Frances (Poor Claudia, 2010), The New Planet (Mindmade Books, 2010), and Airport (Blue Hour, 2009); as well as three chapbook collaborations.[1] Frey’s The Grief Performance was selected for the Cleveland State Poetry Center’s 2010 First Book Prize by Rae Armantrout.[2] She also won the Poetry Society of America's 2012 Norma Farber First Book Award.[3] Frey’s poetry also appears in journals such as Octopus and The Oregonian.[4]
Frey received a B.A. from The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and an M.F.A. from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. She lives in Portland, Oregon.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Emily Kendal Frey". Ink Node. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ Nicholas Sturm. "An Interview with Emily Kendal Frey". Bookslut. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ "Emily Kendal Frey Wins Norma Farber First Book Award by Harriet Staff". 23 July 2021.
- ^ a b Special to The Oregonian (17 April 2011). "Emily Kendal Frey interview: Dreams, images pour into poems". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
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- American women poets
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- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American women writers