Frank Richard Maloney



Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney (September 9, 1945 – January 6, 2009) was an American poetry}American poet, prose writer, and editor.

Life
Maloney was born in Seattle, Washington. He was a graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle where he studied under the poet and professor Nelson Bentley. Bentley had been a student of Theodore Roethke and W.H. Auden.

As editor-in-chief of Raven's Mask Press and Bonefire Press, Maloney later published two notable works by Nelson Bentley: A Day at North Cove (Raven's Mask Press, Seattle, 1974) and Grayland Apocalypse, (Bonefire Press, Seattle, 1972).

Recognition
Frank Maloney's work is featured in the anthology, The Gift of Tongues: Twenty-five Years of Poetry from Copper Canyon Press.

Poetry

 * How to Eat a Slug. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1974. ISBN 0-914742-14-0.

Anthologized

 * The Gift of Tongues: Twenty-five years of poetry. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1996. ISBN 1-55659-117-9.