Judith Fitzgerald

Judith Ariana Fitzgerald (11 November 1952 – 25 November 2015) was a Canadian poet and journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she attended York University (where she earned her BA and MA;^[1] she did her doctoral work at the University of Toronto). She authored over twenty books of poetry, as well as biographies of musician Sarah McLachlan and Marshall McLuhan. She died in her home in Northern Ontario, at the age of 63.^[2]

Bibliography

Poetry

1970: Octave. Toronto: Dreadnaught
1972: City Park. Agincourt, ON: Northern Concept
1975: Journal Entries. Toronto: Dreadnaught Press
1975: Victory. Toronto: Coach House Press
1977: Lacerating Heartwood. Toronto: Coach House Press
1981: Easy Over. Windsor: Black Moss Press
1983: Split/Levels. Toronto: Coach House Press
1984: The Syntax of Things. Toronto: Prototype
1983: Heart Attack[s]. Canada: privately published
1984: Beneath the Skin of Paradise: The Piaf Poems. Windsor: Black Moss Press
1985: My Orange Gorange. Windsor: Black Moss Press
1985: Given Names: New and Selected Poems 1972–1985. Ed. Frank Davey. Windsor: Black Moss Press
1986: Whale Waddleby. Windsor: Black Moss Press
1987: Diary of Desire. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press
1991: Rapturous Chronicles. Stratford, ON: Mercury Press
Ultimate Midnight. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press
1992: Habit of Blues: Rapturous Chronicles II. Stratford, ON: Mercury Press, 1993
1993: walkin' wounded. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press
1995: River. Toronto: ECW Press
1999: 26 Ways Out of This World. Ottawa: Oberon
2003: Iphigenia's Song (Adagios Quartet vol. 1). Ottawa: Oberon Press
2004: Orestes' Lament (Adagios Quartet vol. 2). Ottawa: Oberon Press
2006: Electra's Benison (Adagios Quartet vol. 3). Ottawa: Oberon Press
2007: O, Clytaemnestra! (Adagios Quartet vol. 4). Ottawa: Oberon Press

Prose

1997: Building A Mystery: The Story of Sarah McLachlan and Lilith Fair. Kingston, ON: Quarry Music Books
2000: Sarah McLachlan: Building a Mystery. Kingston, ON: Quarry Music Books, Millennial Edition
2001: Marshall McLuhan: Wise Guy. Montreal: XYZ

Edited

1982: Un Dozen: Thirteen Canadian Poets. Windsor, ON: Black Moss
1986: SP/ELLES: Poetry by Canadian Women. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press
1988: First Person Plural. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press
2000: Bagne, or, Criteria for Heaven, by Rob Mclennan. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press

Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy Brock University.^[3]

References

W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 376.

Notes

^ "Judith Fitzgerald Books & Audiobooks". Scribd. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "Remembering Judith Fitzgerald, 1952–2015 - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "Judith Fitzgerald," Canadian Women Poets, BrockU.ca, Web, 27 April 2011.

External links

Judith Fitzgerald's WriteSite Official Website
The Canadian Encyclopedia Philip Milito on Judith Fitzgerald's life, career, and contribution to Canadian culture (with links)
Ottawa Poetry Newsletter Concerning The Mad Bomber of Canada's House of Commons