ALICE FRIMAN

"I did not set out to write poetry: to choose a life dedicated to the lonely struggle of stringing words together. In a society of click-on instant gratification where we’re bombarded by messages promising paradise if we buy a certain brand of toilet paper, such word-stringing is negated. But what was my choice? I wished to live deeply, not just on the surface of things.

Art begins where science leaves off. And it was art that offered me a rope, not a rope to pull me out of life, but a rope to lower me more deeply in it. To go down under the glittering surface and come up with the news of what I found there. To hang on to the rope of language, just as the visual artist hangs on a rope of color and line, the composer a rope ladder of tones." ~ Alice Friman

Education: Brooklyn College, B.A., 1950-1954 Indiana University-Indianapolis, 1964-1966 Butler University, M.A. in English, 1966-1971

Professional Experience: Visiting Poet, Randolph College, Spring 2009 Poet in Residence, Georgia College & State University, 2006 to present. Editorial Assistant, The Georgia Review. Fall 2006. Poetry Editor, Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture, and Instructor of Creative Writing and Poetry at Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, 2003-2006 Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing, 1993-, University of Indianapolis (at U of I 1971-93) See “In the Service of the Muse: Alice Friman.” By Rebecca Blair. Profiles in Service. Indianapolis: U of Indianapolis P, 2006. 96-99. Visiting Professor at Ball State University, 1996 Writer in Residence, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 1989 Visiting Faculty at Indiana State University, 1982 Lecturer at IUPUI, 1971-74

Faculty Positions at Writers’ Conferences: Murray State University, Murray, KY, January 2010 Sotto Voce Poetry Festival, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, October 2009 The Gettysburg Review Conference for Writers. June 6-11, 2007 Featured Writer for Poetry. Grand Valley State University Writers Retreat, Grand Rapids, MI. August 2005 Poetry Workshop. Arts & Letters Workshops. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, May 2004, May 2005 Poetry Workshop. Midwest Writers Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. July 1994, July 1998 Numerous workshops for conferences sponsored by the Writers’ Center of Indiana, since the 1970s

Courses Taught: Randolf College: Creative Writing Special Topics (Undergrad. spring 2009) Georgia College & State University (2004-): Advanced Poetry Workshop (Grad) Advanced Creative Writing (Grad/Undergrad) Ball State University: Poetry Writing (Grad/Undergrad, 1996) University of Indianapolis (1971-93): Graduate: Eighteenth-Century Literature; Readings in American Literature. Grad/Undergrad: Contemporary American Poetry; English Poetry (to Tennyson); Modern Poetry. Undergraduate: Creative Writing; Contemporary American Literature; Myth, Folklore, Fantasy; American Literature I; Short Story; Children's Literature; Poetry Seminar: Hopkins, Frost, Yeats, Eliot; Structure of American English; Drama of Ancient Greece; Honors Literature; Freshman Comp and Lit; Basic Writing Curtin University (Australia): Poetry Writing (Undergrad, 1989) IUPUI: Children's Literature, Freshman Comp, Freshman Lit (Undergrad, 1971-74)

Memberships in Artistic and Professional Organizations: Poetry Society of America Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) New England Poetry Club Modern Language Association South Atlantic Modern Language Association Writers’ Center of Indiana: Charter Member 1979, Board Member 1984-89, Honorary Life Member 1993

Recent Judgings: Final Judge, Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Book Prize, 2010-11Final Judge, Rumi Prize, Arts & Letters, 2010 Final Judge, Shenandoah, Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, 2009 Judge of poetry manuscripts, MVP Competition, New Rivers Press, 2005 Final Judge, James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry, Shenandoah, 2003

Editorial Work: Editorial Assistant, The Georgia Review, Fall 2006. Poetry Editor, Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, 2003-2006 Poetry Editor, The Flying Island, Writers' Center of Indiana, 1993, 1996, 2001 Editor, Loaves and Fishes: A Book of Indiana Women Poets, Writers' Center Press, Indianapolis, 1983