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Elaine Kahn
Elaine Kahn is an American poet, artist and musician based in Los Angeles, California. BiographyElaine Kahn (born in Evanston, Illinois)[1] is a writer, artist and musician currently living in Los Angeles, CA.[2] She has a BA degree from California College of the Arts and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Kahn has authored four short poetry books, as well as the full-length collection Women In Public[3] (City Lights, 2015).[4] She has also toured with her music project, Horsebladder.[5] Additionally, Kahn is a founding member of the feminist puppet troop P.Splash Collective WritingKahn's writing has been described as "strategic attacks against mythic fictions like selfhood, gender, even the universal acceptance of scientific knowledge."[6] Publishers Weekly called Women In Public a "precise and attentive debut full-length collection [that] probes at notions of femininity with a sharp dagger, her terse but assertive stanzas carrying an understated conviction."[7] Writing has been featured in Frieze Magazine,[8] Brooklyn Rail, The Poetry Foundation, NADA Contemporary Poetry Zine, Art Papers, Coldfront, Octopus Magazine, SFMOMA's Open Space, Jubilat, Boog City, and other outlets.[9] Kim Gordon listed Kahn as one of the best contemporary writers in a "By The Book" feature in The New York Times.[10] Kahn is the managing editor of the small press Flowers & Cream Publications
MusicKahn's music project, Horsebladder, consists of minimalist loops and incantations, creating primitive pop songs.[11] Horsebladder has toured throughout the US and Canada with acts such as Body/Head and Weyes Blood. Horsebladder's most recent LP, a split with Farewell My Concubine called After You, came out on Hot Releases in 2014.[12] Previous releases include the LP Not I'll Not (Ecstatic Peace, 2011) and the cassettes Summer (PSA Tapes, 2013) and Nicole (Night People, 2010). References
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