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Reviews, Interviews and Recently Published Works

Read reviews of Kenny's books, interviews and conversations with Kenny Fries, and recently published essays and poems by Kenny. 

"Absorbing, moving and intensely human. . . Kenny Fries' memoir enters centre stage," says Wordgathering!

"In the unsettled and often angry world of disability politics, Kenny Fries' memoir enters centre stage, projecting an oasis of calm and insightful enquiry."  

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Kenneth FriesSeptember 1, 2017
"Two from Kenny Fries," A Review of Both Japan books!

". . . to read it is to experience what true literary achievement really means," says Julia Bouwsma in her Connotation Press review. 

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Kenneth FriesSeptember 1, 2017
Creative Capital Interviews Kenny Fries about disability, mortality, and the gods in Japan

"As In the Province of the Gods shows, Japan was the right place at the right time.  It changed my life."  

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Kenneth FriesSeptember 1, 2017
"In the Province of the Gods isn't a typical AIDS memoir, " says A&U Magazine!

Art and Understanding Magazine's review says In the Province of the Gods is written "from a unique perspective, with singular personal insight, and an ironic sense of humor."  

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Kenneth FriesAugust 29, 2017
Publishers Weekly Includes In the Province of the Gods as a Travel Book to Read This Fall

Publishers Weekly includes In the Province of the Gods in its "Be Here Now" round-up of ten travel titles to read this fall.  

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Kenneth FriesAugust 28, 2017
Kenny Fries Remembers Hiroshima on the Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing

On the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima Kenny Fries remembers his meeting with Suzuko Numata.  

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Kenneth FriesAugust 4, 2017
In the Gardens of Japan published by Garden Oak Press!

In the Gardens of Japan has been published by Garden Oak Press.  The poem sequence is a companion to In the Province of the Gods.

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Kenneth FriesJuly 27, 2017
The first pre-publication review of In the Province of the Gods is in!

Foreword, in its upcoming August issue, reviews In the Province of the Gods:  "Beneath the restrained tones, there's also elation. . . . This unusual blend of travelogue and introspection manages elegance and rawness in the same breath."  

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Kenneth FriesJune 28, 2017
Essay: What's Wrong With This Picture

Read Kenny Fries's essay "What's Wrong with This Picture?" in Hineni Magazine.

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essayMichael FieniJune 12, 2017essay, photography
Letters to the Revolution Project

Read Kenny Fries's contribution to the Letters to the Revolution project.

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essayMichael FieniJanuary 1, 2017
Interview: Rebecca Maskos and Kenny Fries

Rebecca Maskos's interview with Kenny Fries that originally appeared in German in Mondkalb has been translated into English and can read at Lambda Literary.

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interviewMichael FieniJuly 29, 2015Lambda Literary
Poem: To the Poet Whose Lover Has Died of AIDS

Read Kenny Fries's poem "To the Poet Whose Lover Has Died of AIDS" at The Good Men Project.

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poemMichael FieniJuly 24, 2015Poetry, poem, The Good Men Project
Audio: Kenny Fries at the Basel Blackmarket

Listen to "The Unenhanced: What Has Happened to Those Deemed 'Unfit'" and "Adaptation and Variation: The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory."

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readingMichael FieniJune 6, 2015The History of My Shoes, audio
Poem: Body Language

Read Kenny Fries's poem "Body Language" at The Good Men Project.

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poemMichael FieniApril 17, 2015The Good Men Project, Poetry, Poem
Video: World Premiere of "In Bed Together"
poemMichael FieniJanuary 29, 2015audio, The Healing Notebooks
Poem: Full Moon, White Sands
poemMichael FieniJanuary 9, 2015Poetry, Poem, The Good Men Project
Poem: An Opening
poemMichael FieniOctober 24, 2014The Good Men Project, Poetry
Poem: The Canoe Ride
Michael FieniAugust 11, 2014The Good Men Project, Poetry, Poem
Kenny Fries and Quintan Ana Wikswo
interviewMichael FieniMay 7, 2014Creative Capital
Video: Kenny Fries presents at Creative Capital
readingMichael FieniDecember 13, 2013YouTube, Creative Capital, Presentation, Video, In the Province of the Gods
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