Bernadette Mayer

Rodney Phillips (University of Arizona)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 12 May 1945
Activity 1964-ongoing

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Born in United States
Active in United States

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Poet
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Novelist

Resources

And language the false start to love it is, how unknown it is,
Leaping and flying into the cold, we breathe
. . . . . .
Lewis' mother says we're snobs, we think only about poetry

[Bernadette Mayer, Midwinter Day]

One of the most eminent experimental poets of our time, Bernadette Mayer was born in the Ridgewood section of Queens on May 12, 1945 and has been for the last thirty years a highly visible, important presence on the New York City poetry scene. Mayer began life on her own early, having been orphaned at the age of 14, and consequently has experienced a unique and independent life. She attended Ridgewood High School and later the New School for Social Research, …

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Citation: Phillips, Rodney. "Bernadette Mayer". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 April 2005 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5897, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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