Kim Triedman
poems and other disasters
About (Biography)
Kim Triedman began writing poetry after working in fiction for several years. Her first novel, The Other Room, is currently under representation and her poetry has been widely published. In the past two years, she's been named winner of both the 2008 Main Street Rag Chapbook Competition and the 2010 Ibbetson Street Poetry Award; finalist for the 2011 Anabiosis Chapbook Competition, the 2007 Philbrick Poetry Award and the 2008 James Jones First Novel Fellowship; and semi-finalist for the 2011 Cinnamon Press Novel Award, the 2008 Black River Chapbook Competition and the 2008 Parthenon Prize for Fiction. Her poems have been published in literary journals and anthologies here and abroad, including Main Street Rag, Poetry International, Appalachia, The Aurorean, Avocet, The New Writer, Byline Magazine, Poetry Salzburg Review, The Journal, Poetry Monthly, Current Accounts, Ghoti Magazine, IF Poetry Journal, Great Kills Review, Trespass Magazine, ART TIMES, Literary Bird Journal, and FRiGG Magazine. Additionally, one of her recent poems was selected by John Ashbery to be included in the Ashbery Resource Center’s online catalogue, which serves as a comprehensive bibliography of both Ashbery's work and work by artists directly influenced by Ashbery. This poem has also been included in the John Cage Trust archives at Bard College. Ms. Triedman has been nominated for the anthologies Best New Poets 2009 and Best of the Web 2010. She is a graduate of Brown University and lives in the Boston area. Her first poetry collection -- "bathe in it or sleep" -- was published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company in October of 2008.
Poets for Haiti
In early 2010, right after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Triedman co-organized and co-chaired -- along with Jim Henle of Harvard -- a poetry reading to benefit Partners in Health and the people of Haiti. On Tuesday, February 23 at 7:30 pm, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren, Jorie Graham, Gail Mazur and a dozen other Boston-area poets come together for a collaborative reading at Longfellow Hall/Harvard University. Other readers included Fred Marchant,
Christina Davis, Daniel Tobin, Barbara Helfgott-Hyett, Patrick Sylvain, Wendy Mnookin, Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell, Nadia Herman-Colburn, Tom Daley, Jericho Brown, Frannie Lindsay, Fabienne Casseus, and Kevin Bowen. The event was co-sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard and Harvard's Technical and Clerical Workers Union. Over 250 people showed up for the reading, which is aired in its entirety on Forum Network (http://forum-network.org/station/wgbh) and featured on National Public Radio's "Here and Now" (http://www.hereandnow.
org/) with Robin Young.
A follow-up anthology -- Poets for Haiti: An Anthology of Poetry and Art -- is expected out in November of 2010. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl of Partners in Health have written the preface, and a number of internationally known Haitian artists have contributed artwork to this volume. It is being published by Yileen Press, with 100% of proceeds going to Partners in Health. Ms. Triedman is the editor.
TO ORDER POETS FOR HAITI: An Anthology of Poetry and Art, please go to:
www.yileenpress.com
You can read a partial transcript of an interview with Triedman at the Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene Blog.
Poets for Haiti
In early 2010, right after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Triedman co-organized and co-chaired -- along with Jim Henle of Harvard -- a poetry reading to benefit Partners in Health and the people of Haiti. On Tuesday, February 23 at 7:30 pm, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren, Jorie Graham, Gail Mazur and a dozen other Boston-area poets come together for a collaborative reading at Longfellow Hall/Harvard University. Other readers included Fred Marchant,
Christina Davis, Daniel Tobin, Barbara Helfgott-Hyett, Patrick Sylvain, Wendy Mnookin, Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell, Nadia Herman-Colburn, Tom Daley, Jericho Brown, Frannie Lindsay, Fabienne Casseus, and Kevin Bowen. The event was co-sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard and Harvard's Technical and Clerical Workers Union. Over 250 people showed up for the reading, which is aired in its entirety on Forum Network (http://forum-network.org/station/wgbh) and featured on National Public Radio's "Here and Now" (http://www.hereandnow.
org/) with Robin Young.
A follow-up anthology -- Poets for Haiti: An Anthology of Poetry and Art -- is expected out in November of 2010. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl of Partners in Health have written the preface, and a number of internationally known Haitian artists have contributed artwork to this volume. It is being published by Yileen Press, with 100% of proceeds going to Partners in Health. Ms. Triedman is the editor.
TO ORDER POETS FOR HAITI: An Anthology of Poetry and Art, please go to:
www.yileenpress.com
You can read a partial transcript of an interview with Triedman at the Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene Blog.
