Emily Kendal Frey

Who is Emily Kendal Frey?

Emily Kendal Frey is an American poet.

Frey is the author of the full-length poetry collections The Grief Performance and "Sorrow Arrow"; the chapbooks Frances, The New Planet, and Airport; as well as three chapbook collaborations. Frey’s The Grief Performance was selected for the Cleveland State Poetry Center’s 2010 First Book Prize by Rae Armantrout. She also won the Poetry Society of America's 2012 Norma Farber First Book Award. Frey’s poetry also appears in journals such as Octopus and The Oregonian.

Frey received a B.A. from The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and an M.F.A. from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. She lives in Portland, Oregon.