deborah fries WRITER. EDITOR. PRINTMAKER.
SOME THINGS ABOUT ME
Some things I've done
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BFA and MA in English from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Kore Press First Book Award
Selected by Carolyn Forche
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Editorial board member, contributor to Terrain.org since 2000.
Board member, Moonstone Inc./ Arts Center 2016-2019.
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Montgomery County Poet Laureate, 2006
Selected by Galway Kinnell
Employed at some point in life -- not in chronological order -- as writing instructor, illustrator of microfossils, USAF medic, government spokesperson, business writer, public affairs professional, event planner, occupational therapy assistant, assistant to medical illustrator.
Teaching experiences
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University TA and Lecturer: creative and technical writing
Community and Adult Ed: creative writing
Online distance learning: narrative medicine
Tutoring: creative writing, ESL
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Some publications
Being Patient, Corporate Report Wisconsin, Making Sense of Alzheimer's, Milwaukee Magazine, Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Business Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer, Terrain.org, Wisconsin Business
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Cimarron Review, Cream City Review, Dear America
Ecotone, Moonstone Press Anthologies North American Review, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Stories,
Poet Lore
Terrain.org, Zero Dark Thirty
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Books
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Various Modes of Departure, Kore Press
The Bright Field of Everything, Kore Press
Having Visions Again, Seven Kitchens Press
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Recent Editing Projects
PJM Interconnection, Company History, Annual Reports
Arizona State University, Academic Papers, Texts
Nuble+Arch, Memoir
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