NEW!
Forthcoming Poems:
"The Girl Grew and Grew, Her Mother Couldn't Stop It," in Poetry
"Smarrita" in Threepenny Review
"Forcefeeding" in New England Review
Forthcoming Reviews:
On Alice Fulton, Erin Belieu, Jynne Dilling Martin and Katie Ford, March 1 in the New York Times
Recent Essays and Reviews:
On Sinead Morrissey, Paul Muldoon and Eavan Boland in Poetry Ireland, Issue 114.
On Seamus Heaney, in Poetry Ireland, Issue 113: A special issue devoted to Heaney.
On Jennifer Moxley's The Open Secret, in On The Seawall
"Truthiness Demands" in New Ohio Review, Issue 14, Fall 2014
On Dan Chiasson's Bicentennial, in the New York Times
On four poetry biographies, in the New York Times,
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Women's Poetry: Poems and Advice has been named one of the five best poetry books of the year by Library Journal.
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What the Critics Are Saying about Women's Poetry: Poems and Advice:
"...commanding...biting...hilarious..." New York Times
"'Torment' is one of the best American poems I've read in years...Is Women's Poetry a masterpiece? It surely locates Fried as one of the masterful American poets of her generation." Jason Guriel, PN Review.
"...devastatingly on target and funny in a way that can make you blanch." Library Journal
"...dazzling...shows wit and range worthy of playwright Wendy Wasserstein." Booklist
"...When Daisy Fried’s Women’s Poetry isn’t making me laugh out loud it’s making me cry...If Fried is pitch perfect as a parodist, her snappy, racy, energized style has tender uses as well...No stench, here, of sentimentality or political correctness, but we know where the poet’s affections lie...Fried can nail whatever she bumps into with nonstop precision, force, and humanity, in the indecorous American language that is one of our culture’s great gifts to literature. Women’s Poetry is her third book, and she is at the top of her form." Alicia Ostriker, Women's Review of Books
"Fried observes and details the sad minutiae of American life and language better than almost anyone...even as she hits us where she lives, she salves the wound with a generosity that is almost redemptive." Sarah Kennedy, West Branch
"...This book shows a wide-ranging mind, a valuable voice...thought-provoking and hilarious..." Philadelphia Inquirer
"Fried's connection to her generation extends beyond the problems of a society that does not seem to value education or cerebral muscle...In these poems, [she] displays an intense and refined attention to the troubles of the present moment. Effectively blending the personal with the more universal, she delves into issues surrounding womanhood, but also she looks at the troubles of humanhood."--Melinda Wilson, Coldfront
"Rather than remaining securely in the self-referentiality of the lyric, Fried's poems engage with matters of personal and social importance...she draws on complexity and contradiction... exhilaratingly fresh in its levelheadedness." Erick Piller, Rain Taxi
"All of her poems are as pimped out as that Nissan [in the title poem]...we cannot stop looking and thinking about them." Teresa Narey, Poet's Quarterly
"Fried is one of the most engaging contemporary poets writing today." Steve Critelli, Against Interpretation
A smart, but not quite quotable, review from Lise Gaston at Lemon Hound
Forthcoming Poems:
"The Girl Grew and Grew, Her Mother Couldn't Stop It," in Poetry
"Smarrita" in Threepenny Review
"Forcefeeding" in New England Review
Forthcoming Reviews:
On Alice Fulton, Erin Belieu, Jynne Dilling Martin and Katie Ford, March 1 in the New York Times
Recent Essays and Reviews:
On Sinead Morrissey, Paul Muldoon and Eavan Boland in Poetry Ireland, Issue 114.
On Seamus Heaney, in Poetry Ireland, Issue 113: A special issue devoted to Heaney.
On Jennifer Moxley's The Open Secret, in On The Seawall
"Truthiness Demands" in New Ohio Review, Issue 14, Fall 2014
On Dan Chiasson's Bicentennial, in the New York Times
On four poetry biographies, in the New York Times,
*
Women's Poetry: Poems and Advice has been named one of the five best poetry books of the year by Library Journal.
*
What the Critics Are Saying about Women's Poetry: Poems and Advice:
"...commanding...biting...hilarious..." New York Times
"'Torment' is one of the best American poems I've read in years...Is Women's Poetry a masterpiece? It surely locates Fried as one of the masterful American poets of her generation." Jason Guriel, PN Review.
"...devastatingly on target and funny in a way that can make you blanch." Library Journal
"...dazzling...shows wit and range worthy of playwright Wendy Wasserstein." Booklist
"...When Daisy Fried’s Women’s Poetry isn’t making me laugh out loud it’s making me cry...If Fried is pitch perfect as a parodist, her snappy, racy, energized style has tender uses as well...No stench, here, of sentimentality or political correctness, but we know where the poet’s affections lie...Fried can nail whatever she bumps into with nonstop precision, force, and humanity, in the indecorous American language that is one of our culture’s great gifts to literature. Women’s Poetry is her third book, and she is at the top of her form." Alicia Ostriker, Women's Review of Books
"Fried observes and details the sad minutiae of American life and language better than almost anyone...even as she hits us where she lives, she salves the wound with a generosity that is almost redemptive." Sarah Kennedy, West Branch
"...This book shows a wide-ranging mind, a valuable voice...thought-provoking and hilarious..." Philadelphia Inquirer
"Fried's connection to her generation extends beyond the problems of a society that does not seem to value education or cerebral muscle...In these poems, [she] displays an intense and refined attention to the troubles of the present moment. Effectively blending the personal with the more universal, she delves into issues surrounding womanhood, but also she looks at the troubles of humanhood."--Melinda Wilson, Coldfront
"Rather than remaining securely in the self-referentiality of the lyric, Fried's poems engage with matters of personal and social importance...she draws on complexity and contradiction... exhilaratingly fresh in its levelheadedness." Erick Piller, Rain Taxi
"All of her poems are as pimped out as that Nissan [in the title poem]...we cannot stop looking and thinking about them." Teresa Narey, Poet's Quarterly
"Fried is one of the most engaging contemporary poets writing today." Steve Critelli, Against Interpretation
A smart, but not quite quotable, review from Lise Gaston at Lemon Hound
