Judith Fitzgerald

Judith Ariana Fitzgerald (born 11 November 1952) is a Canadian poet and journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she attended York University (where she earned her B.A. and M.A; she did her doctoral work at the University of Toronto). The award-winning poet, critic, and cultural commentarian published her first poem October 1970. She also works as a biographer, ghost writer, and editor as well as writing on creative phenomena for both the Toronto Globe & Mail and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She lives in Northern Ontario's Almaguin Highlands.

Bibliography

Poetry

• Octave. Toronto: Dreadnaught, 197-?.
• Victory. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1975.
• Lacerating Heartwood. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1977
• Easy Over. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 1981.
• Split/Levels. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1983.
• The Syntax of Things. Toronto: Prototype, 1984.
• Heart Attack[s]. Canada: s.n., 1983.
• Beneath the Skin of Paradise: The Piaf Poems. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 1984.
• My Orange Gorange. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 1985.
• Given Names: New and Selected Poems 1972-1985. Ed. Frank Davey. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 1985.
• Whale Waddleby. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 1986.
• Diary of Desire. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 1987.
• Rapturous Chronicles. Stratford, ON: Mercury Press, 1991.
• Ultimate Midnight. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 1992.
• Habit of Blues: Rapturous Chronicles II. Stratford, ON: Mercury Press, 1993.
• Walkin' Wounded. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 1993.
• River. Toronto: ECW Press, 1995.
• 26 Ways Out of This World. Ottawa: Oberon, 1999.
• Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy - 2001
• Iphigenia's Song (Adagios Quartet vol. 1). Ottawa: Oberon Press, 2003.
• Orestes' Lament (Adagios Quartet vol. 2) - 2004
• Electra's Benison (Adagios Quartet vol. 3) - 2006
• O, Clytaemnestra! (Adagios Quartet vol. 4) - 2007

Prose

• City Park. Agincourt, ON: Northern Concept Promotional Services, 1972.
• Journal Entries. Toronto: Dreadnaught Press, 1975.
• Building A Mystery: The Story of Sarah McLachlan and Lilith Fair. Kingston, ON: Quarry Music Books, 1997.
• Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy. Montreal: XYZ, 2001.

Edited

• Un Dozen: Thirteen Canadian Poets. Windsor, ON: Black Moss, 1982.
• SP/ELLES: Poetry by Canadian Women. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 1986.
• First Person Plural. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 1988.
• Bagne, or, Criteria for Heaven, by Rob Mclennan. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press, 2000.

Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy Brock University.

References

• W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 376.

External links

• Judith Fitzgerald's WriteSite Official web page
• Ottawa Poetry Newsletter Concerning The Mad Bomber of Canada's House of Commons