Katie Farris
Encyclopedia
Katie Farris is a fiction writer, translator, and professor.
Farris has taught at UC Berkeley and Brown University
and has served as a Visiting Professor at New England College
's MFA Program. She currently teaches fiction, poetry, and comparative literature at San Diego State University
.
Her fiction, translations, and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Virginia Quarterly Review, Verse, Indiana Review
, Mid-American Review, Green Mountains Review
, Washington Square
, Hayden's Ferry Review
, The Brooklyn Rail
and other publications.
Translations
Farris has taught at UC Berkeley and Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
and has served as a Visiting Professor at New England College
New England College
New England College is a private four-year college in Henniker, New Hampshire, enrolling a total of approximately 1800 undergraduate and graduate students.-History:The school was created in 1946 for students attending college on the G.I...
's MFA Program. She currently teaches fiction, poetry, and comparative literature at San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
.
Her fiction, translations, and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Virginia Quarterly Review, Verse, Indiana Review
Indiana Review
Indiana Review ' is a small, student-run literary magazine at Indiana University. Founded in 1976, it has a circulation of about 2,000.A biannual review, IR publishes essays, fiction, graphic arts, interviews, poetry, and reviews...
, Mid-American Review, Green Mountains Review
Green Mountains Review
Green Mountains Review is a literary journal that publishes biannually out of Johnson State College in Vermont and is headed by founder and senior editor, Neil Shepard.Past contributors of note include Agha Shahid Ali, Jacob M...
, Washington Square
Washington Square (novel)
Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father...
, Hayden's Ferry Review
Hayden's Ferry Review
Hayden's Ferry Review is a well-regarded internationally distributed American literary magazine, published semi-annually by Arizona State University. Founded in 1986, the Review is headquartered in the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU...
, The Brooklyn Rail
The Brooklyn Rail
The Brooklyn Rail is a political, artistic and literary magazine based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Coverage includes political andliterary essays, art criticism, interviews, original fiction and poetry, and reviews....
and other publications.
Published works
Book- BOYSGIRLS (Marick PressMarick PressMarick Press is a non-profit publishing house that was founded in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, in 2005. Mariela Griffor, founder and publisher, has won prizes in Europe, South America and the US for her poetry. Under Griffor's leadership Marick has attracted nationally and internationally known...
, 2011), author ISBN: 978-1934851302
Translations
- If I Were Born In Prague: Poems of Guy Jean (Argos Books, New Hampshire, 2011), co-translator
- This Lamentable City: Poems of Polina Baskova (Tupelo Press, Vermont 2010), co-translator ISBN: 978-1932195835
- Traveling Musicians: Selected Poems of Polina Barskova (Yunost Publishers, Moscow, 2006), co-translator
Reviews
- Review: Micah McCrary on BOYSGIRLS in "Bookslut"
- Review: Deborah Lechner on BOYSGIRLS in "Hayden's Ferry Review"
- Review: Stephan Delbos on BOYSGIRLS in "Prague Post"
- Review: Val B. Russell on BOYSGIRLS in "Her Circle"
- Review: Ivy Page on BOYSGIRLS in "Midwest Book Review"
- Review: Dana Jennings on "This Lamentable City" in The New York Times
Interviews
- Interview with Katie Farris in Women's Quarterly Conversation
- Interview with Katie Farris in California Journal of Poetics