Rochelle Owens

Rochelle Owens is widely known as one of the most innovative and controversial writers of this century whose groundbreaking work has influenced subsequent experimental poets and playwrights. Since its first publication in 1961, her play "Futz" has become a classic of the American avant-garde theatre. In 1969' "Futz" was adapted as a film attaining a cult following. She has published eighteen books of poetry and four collections of plays. Among her works are "Out of Ur" New and Selected Poems, "Solitary Workwoman", and "Luca: Discourse On Life and Death".

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