Janet Kauffman (born June 10, 1945) is an American novelist, poet, and mixed media artist.

Biography

Kauffman was born in

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. She taught in the English Department at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in Ypsilanti,

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from 1988 until her retirement in 2008. She received her PhD from

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in 1972.

Bibliography

Poetry

;Collections * ''Writing Home'', with

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(Coldwater Press, 1978) * ''The Weather Book'' (Texas Tech University Press, 1981) * ''Where the World Is'' (Montparnasse Press, 1988) * ''Five on Fiction'' (Burning Deck Press, 2004) * ''oh corporeal'' (Coldwater Press, 2010)

Novels

* ''Collaborators'' (Knopf, 1986) * ''The Body in Four Parts'' (Graywolf, 1994) * ''Rot'' (New Issues, 2001)

Short fiction

;Collections * ''Places in the World a Woman Could Walk'' (Knopf, 1983) * ''Obscene Gestures for Women'' (Knopf, 1989) * ''Characters on the Loose'' (Graywolf, 1997) * ''Trespassing: Dirt Stories & Field Notes'' (stories and essays) (Wayne State University Press, 2008) ;Stories

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