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Eileen Myles

Professor Emeritus

Guggenheim Fellow

Fiction Writing

Poetry Writing, Short Fiction, Poet's Novel, Writing between Genres, The Libretto, and Pathetic Literature

Eileen Myles has written thousands of poems since they gave their first reading at CBGB’s in 1974. A New York Times profile described Myles as "a cult figure to a generation of post-punk females forming their own literary avant garde." They were the artistic director of St. Mark's Poetry Project in the 80s, conducted an openly female write in campaign for President of the United States in 1992, and have read and performed their work all over the US and in Russia, Iceland, Ireland and Germany. In 1997 and ‘98 Eileen Myles toured with Sister Spit's Rambling Road Show. They curate Scout, a series of readings and performances at Participant Inc. in New York. Their articles and reviews have appeared regularly in The Nation, Book Forum, Index, Art in America, The Village Voice, Nest and The Stranger.

Publications

  • "Susan Minot: Rapture", Bookforum, Apr. 2002.

  • Not Betsy Ross: Lisa Robertson, Dodie Bellamy and Honor: Moore," The Nation, March 11, 2002.

  • Skies, (poetry) Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow, 2001.

  • on my way, Cambridge, MA: Faux Press, 2001.

  • Cool for You, (novel) NY: Soft Skull, 2000.

  • School of Fish. (poetry) Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow, 1997.

  • Maxfield Parrish/early & new poems. Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow, 1995.

  • The New Fuck You/Adventures in Lesbian Reading, eds. Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz. NY: Semiotext(e), 1995.

  • Chelsea Girls. (Fiction). Santa Rosa, CA Black Sparrow, 1994.

  • Not Me. NY: Semiotext(e), 1991.

  • B.A., University of Massachusetts