Lyn Lifshin

Poet, Fiction Writer

Schenectady, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Just out: Secretariat: The Red Freak, The Miracle. Forthcoming books include Femina Eterna and Moving through stained glass: the Maple Poems. Also new: Marilyn Monroe E book from Rubberboot Press, A girl goes into the woods, Malala, updated Gale Research Autobio: Lips, Blues, Blues Lace:On the Outside, DVD of Lyn Lifshin:Not Made of Glass

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
All The Poets Who Touched Me: Living and Dead. All True, Especially the Lies (World Parade Books, 2015)
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Blue Tattoo (Event Horizon Press, 2015)
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Lost in the Fog (Finishing Line Press, 2015)
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Mirrors (Presa Press, 2015)
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Nutley Pond (Goose River Press, 2015)
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Luminous Women: Eneduanna, Schherazade and Nefetiti (Glass Lyre Press, 2013)
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A New Film About the Woman in Love with the Dead (March Street Press, 2002)
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Reading Lips (Morgan Press, 2000)
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Blue Dust, New Mexico (Basilisk Press, 1999)
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Lips, Blues, Blue Lace: On the Outside (Gale Research Company, 1997)
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Why is the House Dissolving (Open Skull Press, 1968)

Poetry

Books:
Degas' Little Dancer (NightBallet Press, 2016)
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THROUGH STAINED GLASS:THE MAPLE POEMS (NightBallet Press, 2015)
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Secretariat:the Red Freak, The Miracle (Texas Review Press, 2014)
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For the Roses (March Street Press, 2013)
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Malala (Poetic Matrix Press, 2013)
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Tangled Alphabert: the Istanble Poems (NightBallet Press, 2013)
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Hitchcock Hotel (Hammer & Anvil Books, 2012)
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Knife Edge & Absinthe (NightBallet Press, 2012)
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Ballroom (March Street Press, 2011)
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katrina (Poetic Matrix Press, 2010)
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Barbaro:Beyond Brokenness (Texas Review Press, 2009)
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Lost Horses (Presa Press, 2009)
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Glass (Morgan Press, 2008)
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Persephone (Red Hen Press, 2008)
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The Licorice Daughter: My Year With Ruffian (Texas Review Press, 2006)
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The Daughter I don't have (Plan B Press, 2005)
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Jesus Alive and in the Flesh (Future Tense Books, 2004)
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When a Cat Dies (Moon Publishing and Printing, 2003)
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Barbie Poems (Lummox Press, 2003)
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Another Woman Who Looks Like Me (Black Sparrow Press, 2002)
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Desire (World Parade Books, 2000)
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Before It's Light (Black Sparrow Press, 1999)
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Plymouth Women (Morgan Press, 1999)
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40 Days, Apple Nights (Morgan Press, 1998)
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Paper Lips (Wormwood Review, 1998)
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Cold Comfort (Black Sparrow Press, 1997)
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Blue Tattoo (Event Horizon Press, 1995)
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Marilyn Monroe Poems (Quiet Lion Press, 1994)
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Parade (Wormwood Review, 1994)
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She was Last seen treading water (platonic 3way press, 1994)
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Naked Charm (Illuminati, 1992)
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Reading Lips (Morgan Press, 1992)
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The Doctor Poems (Applezaba Press, 1991)
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Leaning South (Red Dust, 1989)
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Raw Opals (Illuminati, 1987)
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Kiss The Skin Off (Cherry Valley Editions, 1985)
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Madonna Who Shifts for Herself (Applezaba Press, 1983)
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Colors of Cooper Black (Morgan Press, 1981)
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The Old House Plymouth (Capra Press, 1975)
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Upstate Madonna (Crossing Press, 1975)
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black apples (Crossing Press, 1970)
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Lady Lyn (Morgan Press, 1970)
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Why is the House Dissolving (Open Skull Press, 1965)
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Last update: Feb 12, 2020