Marc Frazier

Listed as:

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:

320 S. Ridgeland Ave.

Oak Park, IL 60302-3577

Email:

marcfrazier45@gmail.com

Phone:

708-296-7242

Bio:

I have studied with poets Lisel Mueller, Carolyn Forché, Heather McHugh, Susan Mitchell, Carol Muske-Dukes among others. I have had several residencies at the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois and have done numerous readings in the Chicago area. I have also led poetry workshops over the years, most notably “Poetry Forum” at the Evanston Public Library. I have had work selected for broadcast on “Dial-a-Poem, Chicago". I am also the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council award in poetry. My books, The Way Here (Aldrich Press, 2012), Each Thing Touches (Glass Lyre Press, 2015),Willingly (Adelaide Books, New York, 2019), and my chapbooks, The Gods of the Grand Resort and After (Finishing Line Press) are all available on Amazon Books.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Sexton, Carl Phillips, Louise Gluck, Sylvia Plath

Twitter:

@marcfrazier45

Born in:

Sterling, IL

Illinois

Raised in:

Sycamore, IL

Illinois

Prizes won:

Illinois Arts Council Award for poetry, "Chimney Swifts"; Best of the Net Nomination, 2015 for "November 2013" published in Eclectica; Plainsongs Award Poem, "October in a Farmhouse" ;"Living with the Elements" winner of prose poem contest, PinchPenny magazine; Pushcart Prize nomination for "The Rock" by Glass Lyre Press.

What I'm reading now:

Boy Erased by Garrard Conley

Scattered at Sea by Amy Gerstler

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

How to Teach a Man to Unstick his Tail by Ralph Hamilton

Blood Lyrics by Katie Ford

Writers Retreats:

Ragdale

Vermont Studio Center

Prefers to work with:

Adults

LGBTQ

Teachers

Teenagers