EILEEN MYLES was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, educated in catholic schools, graduated from U. Mass (Boston) in 1971, and moved to New York City in 1974 to be a poet. Snowflake/different streets, her new double volume (of poems) will be out this spring from Wave Books. Eileen’s Inferno: a poet's novel (2010) which details a female writer’s coming of age was described by John Ashbery as “zingingly funny and melancholy.” Alison Bechdel called Inferno “this shimmering document.” Her more than twenty publications include Sorry Tree (2007), Cool for You (2000), Skies (2001) Not Me (1991), and Chelsea Girls (1994). The Importance of Being Iceland: Travel Essays in Art (2009) received a Warhol/Creative Capital art writing grant in 2007. In 2010 Eileen received the Shelley Prize for her poetry. She writes about books, art and culture for a wide variety of publications including Art Forum, Book Forum, and Parkett and she blogs on Art in America and Harriet’s sites. She’s teaching in Columbia’s graduate program this spring. Please visit her at eileenmyles.com.
Eileen Myles reads an excerpt from INFERNO (a poet's novel) from Rattapallax on Vimeo.
photo: Leopoldine Core
Eileen Myles reads an excerpt from INFERNO (a poet's novel) from Rattapallax on Vimeo.
photo: Leopoldine Core
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