Judith Ariana Fitzgerald (11 November 1952 – 25 November 2015) was a Canadian poet and journalist. Born in

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, Ontario, she attended

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(where she earned her BA and MA; she did her doctoral work at the University of Toronto). She authored over twenty books of poetry, as well as biographies of musician

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and Marshall McLuhan. She died in her home in Northern Ontario, at the age of 63.

Bibliography

Poetry

* 1970: ''Octave''. Toronto: Dreadnaught * 1972: ''City Park''. Agincourt, ON: Northern Concept * 1975: ''Journal Entries''. Toronto: Dreadnaught Press * 1975: ''Victory''. Toronto: Coach House Press * 1977: ''Lacerating Heartwood''. Toronto: Coach House Press * 1981: ''Easy Over''. Windsor: Black Moss Press * 1983: ''Split/Levels''. Toronto: Coach House Press * 1984: ''The Syntax of Things''. Toronto: Prototype * 1983: ''Heart Attack '. Canada: privately published * 1984: ''Beneath the Skin of Paradise: The Piaf Poems''. Windsor: Black Moss Press * 1985: ''My Orange Gorange''. Windsor: Black Moss Press * 1985: ''Given Names: New and Selected Poems 1972–1985''. Ed. Frank Davey. Windsor: Black Moss Press * 1986: ''Whale Waddleby''. Windsor: Black Moss Press * 1987: ''Diary of Desire''. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press * 1991: ''Rapturous Chronicles''. Stratford, ON: Mercury Press * ''Ultimate Midnight''. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press * 1992: ''Habit of Blues: Rapturous Chronicles II''. Stratford, ON: Mercury Press, 1993 * 1993: ''walkin' wounded''. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press * 1995: ''River''. Toronto: ECW Press * 1999: ''26 Ways Out of This World''. Ottawa: Oberon * 2003: ''Iphigenia's Song'' (Adagios Quartet vol. 1). Ottawa: Oberon Press * 2004: ''Orestes' Lament'' (Adagios Quartet vol. 2). Ottawa: Oberon Press * 2006: ''Electra's Benison'' (Adagios Quartet vol. 3). Ottawa: Oberon Press * 2007: ''O, Clytaemnestra!'' (Adagios Quartet vol. 4). Ottawa: Oberon Press

Prose

* 1997: ''Building A Mystery: The Story of Sarah McLachlan and Lilith Fair''. Kingston, ON: Quarry Music Books * 2000: ''Sarah McLachlan: Building a Mystery''. Kingston, ON: Quarry Music Books, Millennial Edition * 2001: ''Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy''. Montreal: XYZ

Edited

* 1982: ''Un Dozen: Thirteen Canadian Poets''. Windsor, ON: Black Moss * 1986: ''SP/ELLES: Poetry by Canadian Women''. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press * 1988: ''First Person Plural''. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press * 2000: ''Bagne, or, Criteria for Heaven'', by Rob Mclennan. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy Brock University.Judith Fitzgerald
" Canadian Women Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, 27 April 2011.

References

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

Notes

External links

Judith Fitzgerald's WriteSite
Official Website
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Philip Milito on Judith Fitzgerald's life, career, and contribution to Canadian culture (with links)

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