Bernadette Mayer

Bernadette Mayer (born May 12, 1945, Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet and prose writer. In 1967 she received a BA from New School for Social Research. She has since edited the journal 0 TO 9 with Vito Acconci and the United Artists Press with Lewis Warsh. In 1995, she received a Grants to Artists Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

Publications

 * Story, New York: 0 to 9 Press, 1968.
 * Moving, New York: Angel Hair, 1971.
 * Memory, Plainfield, VT: North Atlantic Books, 1976.
 * Ceremony Latin (1964), New York: Angel Hair, 1975.
 * Studying Hunger, New York: Adventures in Poetry/ Bolinas, CA: Big Sky, 1976.
 * Poetry, New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1976.
 * Eruditio Ex Memoria, Lenox, MA: Angel Hair, 1977.
 * The Golden Book of Words, Lenox, MA: Angel Hair, 1978.
 * Midwinter Day, Berkeley, CA: Turtle Island Foundation, 1982.
 * Utopia, New York: United Artists Books, 1984.
 * Mutual Aid (Mademoiselle de la Mole Press, 1985)
 * Sonnets, New York: Tender Buttons, 1989.
 * The Formal Field of Kissing, New York: Catchword Papers, 1990.
 * A Bernadette Mayer Reader, New York: New Directions, 1992.
 * The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters, West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press, 1994.
 * Another Smashed Pinecone, New York: United Artists Books, 1998.
 * Proper Name & other stories, New York: New Directions, 1996.
 * Two Haloed Mourners: Poems, New York: Granary Books, 1998.
 * Midwinter Day, New York: New Directions, 1999 (reprint of 1982 edition).
 * Scarlet Tanager, New York: New Directions, 2005.
 * Poetry State Forest, New York: New Directions, 2008.
 * Ethics of Sleep, New Orleans: Trembling Pillow Press, 2011.
 * Studying Hunger Journals, Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press, 2011.