Kim Triedman
poems and other disasters
About (Biography)
Kim Triedman began writing poetry after working in fiction for several years. In the past year, she's been named winner of the 2008 Main Street Rag Chapbook Competition, finalist for the 2007 Philbrick Poetry Award, finalist for the 2008 James Jones First Novel Fellowship, semi-finalist for the 2008 Black River Chapbook Competition and, most recently, semifinalist for the 2008 Parthenon Prize for Fiction. Her poems have been published widely in literary journals and anthologies here and abroad, including Main Street Rag, Poetry International, Appalachia, The Aurorean, Avocet, The New Writer, Byline Magazine, Poet's Ink, Poetry Salzburg Review, The Journal (U.K.), Asinine Poetry, Poetry Monthly, Current Accounts, Ghoti Magazine, IF Poetry Journal, Great Kills Review, Trespass Magazine, Mature Years, 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 with her husband and three daughters. 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,
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,
In her earlier life, Ms. Triedman flirted with the possibility of a career in law enforcement.
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 being aired in its entirety on Forum Network (http://forum-network.org/station/wgbh) and features on National Public Radio's "Here and Now" (http://www.hereandnow.org/) with Robin Young.
You can read a partial transcript of an interview with Triedman at the Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene Blog.
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 being aired in its entirety on Forum Network (http://forum-network.org/station/wgbh) and features on National Public Radio's "Here and Now" (http://www.hereandnow.org/) with Robin Young.
You can read a partial transcript of an interview with Triedman at the Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene Blog.
