Poet Kathleen Fraser To Give Reading At Boise State University

Poet Kathleen Fraser will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room at Boise State University. The event is part of Boise State�s MFA annual reading series. It�s free and open to the public.

Fraser is the author of 16 books. Her latest include hi dde violeth i dde violet (Nomados Press), Discrete Categories Forced into Coupling (Apogee Press), and a book of essays, Translating the Unspeakable: Poetry and the Innovative Necessity (Alabama Press).

Fraser has received many awards for her work, including a Guggenheim fellowship in poetry, the National Endowment for the Arts poetry fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts Young Writers Award. Early in her career, she won the Frank O�Hara Poetry Prize. From 1983 to 1991, she was the publisher and editor of the acclaimed journal HOW(ever), which explored poetry by women. She also founded the American Poetry Archives.

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Contact: Elizabeth Lester, MFA program, elizabethlester@boisestate.edu

Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Relations, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu