FOX HENRY FRAZIER
Fox Henry Frazier is author of the poetry collections The Hydromantic Histories (selected by Vermont Poet Laureate Chard deNiord as recipient of the Bright Hill Press Poetry Award, 2015) & Raven King (Y/P Books, 2022), as well as the novel Francesca (Y/P Books, 2027). Her essays, reviews, & short fiction have appeared in Denver Quarterly, Witch Craft, Plume, New Orleans Review, & elsewhere; her work has been nominated for the Elgin, the Pushcart, & Best of the Net. Fox holds an MFA from Columbia University & a PhD from the University of Southern California, where she was also a Provost’s Fellow. She lives in upstate NY, where she runs the small literary press Agape Editions.
BREAK BLOW BURN
Break Blow Burn is a kindling of poems ignited by hagiography, mysticism, folklore, & personal revelation. From Abelard & Heloise to the legendary Pope Joan & the saints who lived beyond their imposed binaries, Frazier resurrects figures who transgressed the gendered expectations of their eras.
These poems are steeped in mythic imagery, esoteric symbolism, & spiritual inquiry, exploring how concepts of gender, sanctity, embodiment, & desire have shifted across cultures for centuries.
Interwoven with intimate poems on human & Divine love, ecstatic experience, & communion with the Numinous, this collection draws from archetypes of magic, mythology, witchcraft, & Tarot to create a visionary performance on identity, devotion, & the sacred possibilities found in the liminal.