Kass Fleisher
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 | Dickinson College (BA) University of North Dakota (MA) Binghamton University (PhD) |
| Genre | Fiction, creative nonfiction, plays, screenplays |
| Spouse |
Joe Amato
(m. 1995; div. 2013) |
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Helen Kassia (Kass) Fleisher (October 21, 1959 – January 6, 2023) was an American writer best known for her fiction and creative nonfiction.
Biography
Fleisher earned degrees in English from Dickinson College (B.A., 1981), the University of North Dakota (M.A., 1989), and Binghamton University (Ph.D., 1993). Fleisher was the author of five books and numerous essays and reviews, and the editor, with Caitlin M. Alvarez, of a literary anthology. Screenplays coauthored with her frequent writing partner, Joe Amato (poet), have reached the semifinal rounds of the Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, and Chesterfield Writer's Film Project competitions, and on three occasions have placed in the Second Round of the Austin competition.[2] From 2003 to 2023, Fleisher was a member of the creative writing faculty at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She founded Steerage Press in 2011.[3]
Books
As author
- The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (SUNY Press, 2004)
- Accidental Species: A Reproduction (Chax Press, 2005)
- The Adventurous (Factory School, 2006)
- Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
- Dead Woman Hollow (SUNY Press, 2012)
As editor
- Litscapes: Collected US Writings 2015 (Steerage Press), 2015)
External links
References
- ^ "Helen Kassia "Kass" Fleisher". The Pantagraph. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Amato, Joe. "Joe Amato". Joe Amato. IMDbPro. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Fleisher, Kass. "Helen Kassia "Kass" Fleisher". Helen Fleisher Obituary. Legacy.com. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
| International | |
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- 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