Claudia Lapp (born 1946) is a poet born in

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, Germany. She graduated from

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Founded as a women’s college in 1932,

in Vermont with a BA in French and German Literature, minor in Music, and then moved to

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. She was a member of the

Vehicule Poets The Vehicule Poets was a collective formed in Montreal in the 1970s by poets Endre Farkas, Artie Gold, Tom Konyves, Claudia Lapp, John McAuley, Stephen Morrissey and Ken Norris, who shared an interest in experimental American poetry and European ...

, an experimental writing collective formed in Montreal in the 1970s and worked at

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in the English department and the

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in the Education department. The other poets that she taught with in the English include

David Solway David Solway (born 8 December 1941) is a Canadian poet, essayist, educational theorist, travel writer, and literary critic. Biography Solway received a BA in English and Philosophy from McGill University in 1962, and a QMA in Philosophy in 1966. H ...

, Peter van Toorn, Endre Farkas and Matthew von Baeyer. After being involved with the Montreal literary scene for eleven years from 1968 to 1979, she moved to Maryland and then Oregon in 1991. In 2002, she emceed a popular weekly poetry series at Cozmic Pizza in

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. She has worked as an Exhibit Interpreter at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum for 8+ years. She is also a practicing astrologer and film photographer. She participated in

Dial-A-Poem Montreal Dial-A-Poem Montreal was a phone-based service started in 1985 by Fortner Anderson, who was inspired by John Giorno's Dial-A-Poem and wanted to expand poetry beyond the limits of print.Michael Farber. "A line of poetry just a dial away." ''The Gaz ...

from 1985 to 1987.Heather Hill. "Book fest focuses on Quebec writers." ''The Gazette''. April 15, 1986. p. 22.

Publications

Poetry

*''Honey''. Montreal, QC: Véhicule Press, 1973/77. *''Dakini''. Montreal, QC: Véhicule Press, 1974. *''Horses''. Montreal, QC: Véhicule Press, 1978. *''Cloud Gate''. Ste. Anne de Bellevue: The Muses’ Company, 1985. *''Water and Fire''. Eugene, OR: Dakini Press, 1998. *''Buch''. Eugene, OR: Fae Press, 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lapp, Claudia Bennington College alumni West German emigrants Immigrants to the United States Immigrants to Canada Writers from Oregon American women poets Writers from Stuttgart Living people 1946 births 21st-century American women