Katie Farris

Katie Farris (born August 10, 1983) is an American poet, fiction writer, translator, academic and editor.

Life and career

Farris is the author of BOYSGIRLS (Tupelo Press), which has been lauded as “truly innovative” (Prague Post [1]), “a tour de force” (Robert Coover [2]), and “a book with gigantic scope. At some points it reads like the book of Genesis; at others, like a dream-turned-nightmare. From the opening lines the author grabs you by the throat.” (Louisville Courier-Journal [3]).

Her work has appeared widely in prominent journals such as McSweeneys, Granta, The Believer, Poetry, Poetry London, Verse, Virginia Quarterly Review, as well as platforms like MoMA. Her translations have also been anthologized in texts such as New European Poets (Graywolf Press) and Penguin Book of Classical Russian Poetry (Penguin).

She is the recipient of Anne Halley Poetry Prize from The Massachusetts Review,[4] Flash Fairy Tale Prize from the Fairy Tale Review,[5] and Orison Award in Fiction [6] (judged by Justin Torres).

Berlin-based press Five Hundred Places published her Thirteen Intimacies.[7] Next year, Valparaiso Ediciones [8] in Mexico City will publish a Spanish language edition of Farris’ work, niñosniñas, translated by the acclaimed Mexican writer Pura López-Colomé.

Farris is also the co-translator of Polina Barskova's This Lamentable City (Tupelo Press) and Guy Jean's If I Were Born in Prague (Argos Books). Farris won the DJS Translation Award from Poetry East/West for her co-translations in New Cathay: Contemporary Chinese Poetry, 1990-2012 (Tupelo Press [9]) Farris has co-edited Gossip and Metaphysics: Prose by Russian Modernist Poets (Tupelo Press).

Farris has taught at UC Berkeley and Brown University and for many years in the MFA Program at San Diego State University[10] where she won an Innovation in Teaching Award [11]. She has also served as the core faculty member at New England College's Low Residency MFA Program, where she co-founded graduate program in fiction. She is currently the Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Published works

Book

  • "BOYSGIRLS" (Tupelo Press, 2018, earlier edition was published by Marick Press), author ISBN 978-1-934851-30-2

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 978-1-932195-83-5
  • Traveling Musicians: Selected Poems of Polina Barskova (Yunost Publishers, Moscow, 2006), co-translator

Editor

  • "Gossip and Metaphysics: Prose by Russian Modernists Poets" (Tupelo Press, 2015), co-editor

Reviews

Interviews


  • Interview with Katie Farris in Kenyon Review[12]
  • Interview with Katie Farris in Massachusetts Review[13]
  • Interview with Katie Farris in Women's Quarterly Conversation[14]
  • Interview with Katie Farris in California Journal of Poetics [15]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Marick Press". marickpress.com. Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  4. "Katie Farris Named 2018 Anne Halley Poetry Prize Winner | Mass Review". www.massreview.org. Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  5. "Fairy Tale Review – Fairy Tale Review is a literary journal dedicated to publishing new, inclusive, and innovative fairy-tale prose and poetry". Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  6. https://orisonbooks.com/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2017-orison-anthology-award-in-fiction/
  7. "fivehundred places". fivehundred places. Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  8. "Valparaíso Ediciones - Libros de Poesía". www.valparaisoediciones.es. Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  9. Pine, Red. "New Cathay Contemporary Chinese Poetry 19902012". www.spdbooks.org. Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  10. "San Diego State University - Class Schedule". sunspot.sdsu.edu. Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. https://kenyonreview.org/2019/02/the-impossible-becomes-possible-with-hybrid-forms-a-conversation-with-katie-farris/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. https://www.massreview.org/node/697. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. "profiles in linguistics: Katie Farris". Apr 26, 2011. Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
  15. "An Interview with Katie Farris". Retrieved Mar 17, 2020.
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