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Marc Frazier [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
Oak Park, IL
Illinois US
Email: 
marcfrazier45@gmail.com
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/X: 
@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

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