Bernadette Mayer

Bernadette Mayer (born May 12, 1945) in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a 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. She is also known for her dancing. In 1995, she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

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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.