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Revision as of 17:37, 28 September 2024
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Kass Fleisher | |
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| Born | October 21, 1959 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2023 (aged 63) Normal, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Genre | Fiction, creative nonfiction |
| Spouse |
Joe Amato
(m. 1995; div. 2013) |
| Website | |
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Helen Kassia Fleisher (October 21, 1959 – January 6, 2023) was an American writer.
Biography
Fleisher was born on October 21, 1959 in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] Fleisher earned a BA in English from Dickinson College in 1981, a MA from the University of North Dakota in 1989, and a PhD from Binghamton University in 1993.[1] She authored five books and coauthored screenplays with writing partner, Joe Amato.[2] Fleisher began working in 2003 at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, where she taught creative writing.[3]
Books
- The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (SUNY Press, 2004) ISBN 9780791460634[4]
- Accidental Species: A Reproduction (Chax Press, 2005)[5]
- The Adventurous (Factory School, 2006) ISBN 9781600010002
- Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008) ISBN 9781564785176
- Dead Woman Hollow (SUNY Press, 2012) ISBN 9781438442624[6]
Personal life
Fleisher was married to Joe Amato from 1995 until 2013. She died on January 6, 2023 in her home in Normal, Illinois.[1]
External links
References
- ^ a b c "Helen Kassia "Kass" Fleisher (obituary)". The Pantagraph. January 13, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Amato, Joe. "Joe Amato". Joe Amato. IMDbPro. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ "Kass Fleisher". Illinois Authors. Illinois Center for the Book. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Reviews of The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History:
- Pusateri, Chris (Winter 2004). "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History". Rain Taxi. 9 (4). Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- Blaisdell, Bob; Elias, Amy J. (March–April 2005). "What is History? Two Views". American Book Review. 26 (3). Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- Barnes, John P. (Autumn 2005). "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History". Western Historical Quarterly. 36 (3): 389–90. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- Wright, Laura (October 2005). "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History". Jacket (28). Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- Miller, Rod (2006). "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History". Utah Historical Quarterly. 74, No. 2: 181–2. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- Woodworth-Ney, Laura (2008). "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History". The American Indian Quarterly. 32, No. 1: 113–15. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- Karn, Alexander (Summer 2008). "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History". Law and History Review. 26 (2): 455–56. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ Nugent, Lynne (2006). "Review | Recent Memoir: Butterscotch, Black Chairs, and Breeders". The Iowa Review. 36 (1): 180–187. JSTOR 20152157.
- ^ Morrow, Patricia (2012). "Dead Woman Hollow". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
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Categories:
- 1959 births
- 2022 deaths
- 21st-century American memoirists
- 21st-century American novelists
- Dickinson College alumni
- Illinois State University faculty
- American women novelists
- American women memoirists
- American women essayists
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American essayists
- Novelists from Illinois
- American women academics
- Writers from Wilmington, Delaware