Betsy Fagin (born 1972) is an American poet. She is the author of ''All is Not Yet Lost'' ( Belladonna, 2015), ''Names Disguised'' (Make Now Books, 2014) as well as numerous chapbooks including ''Poverty Rush'' (Three Sad Tigers, 2011), ''the science seemed so solid'' (

dusie ''Dusie'' began in 2005 by publishing an experimental poetics journal online. In 2006, the magazine began publishing full-length works in paperback format. Dusie's full-length collections include poetry books by Joe Ross, Anne Blonstein, Kristy Bow ...

kollektiv, 2011), ''Belief Opportunity'' (Big Game Books Tinyside, 2008), ''Rosemary Stretch'' (

e/chap, 2006), ''For every solution there is a problem'' (Open 24 Hours, 2003), and a number of self-published chapbooks. She received degrees in literature and creative writing from

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and

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and completed a

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degree in information studies at the

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, where she was an

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Spectrum Scholar. She was named one of ''

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''s Movers & Shakers in 2012, for her work with The People's Library at

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. Fagin served as Editor for the

Poetry Project The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church was founded in 1966 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in the East Village of Manhattan by, among others, the poet and translator Paul Blackburn. It has been a crucial venue for new and experimental poetry ...

Newsletter from 2015–2017. She was awarded a workspace writing residency from Lower Manhattan Cultural Center 2012-2013 and a NYSCA/NYFA fellowship in Poetry in 2017.

Works

* ''All is not yet lost'' ( Belladonna* Collaborative, 2015: ) * ''Names Disguised'' (

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, 2014: ) * ''Belief Opportunity'', a chapbook (Big Game Books, 2008) * ''Rosemary Stretch'' a chapbook (Dusie Press Kollektiv, 2006
Available online
* ''For every solution there is a problem'', a chapbook (Open 24 Hours, 2003)

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eds. (2018) Letters to the Future: Black Women/Radical Writing. Kore Press. . *Burgess, Matthew ed (2016) Dream Closet: Meditations on Childhood Space. Secretary Press. . * * *

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