Judith Fitzgerald

Canadian poet and journalist

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

• Poetry portal
• Biography portal
• Canada portal
• Ontario portal

1. "Judith Fitzgerald Books & Audiobooks". Scribd. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
2. "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.
3. "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