Elaine Kahn
Elaine Kahn is an American poet, artist and musician based in Los Angeles, California.
Biography
Elaine Kahn is a writer, artist and musician currently living in Los Angeles, CA. 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. She has also toured with her music project, Horsebladder. Additionally, Kahn is a founding member of the feminist puppet troopWriting
Kahn's writing has been described as "strategic attacks against mythic fictions like selfhood, gender, even the universal acceptance of scientific knowledge." Publishers Weekly called Women In Public a "precise and attentive debut full-length collection probes at notions of femininity with a sharp dagger, her terse but assertive stanzas carrying an understated conviction." Writing has been featured in Frieze Magazine, Brooklyn Rail, The Poetry Foundation, NADA Contemporary Poetry Zine, Art Papers, Coldfront, Octopus Magazine, SFMOMA's Open Space, Jubilat, Boog City, and other outlets. Kim Gordon listed Kahn as one of the best contemporary writers in a "By The Book" feature in The New York Times. Kahn is the managing editor of the small pressPublications
I Told You I Was Sick: A Romance Women in Public A Voluptuous Dream During an Eclipse Customer- ''Radiant Bottle Caps''