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==Biography==
==Biography==
Fleisher earned a B.A. in English from [[Dickinson College]] in 1981, a M.A. from the [[University of North Dakota]] in 1989, and a Ph.D. from [[Binghamton University]] in 1993. She authored five books and coauthored screenplays with writing partner, [[Joe Amato (poet)|Joe Amato]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Amato |first1=Joe |title=Joe Amato |url=https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm9599680/about |website=Joe Amato |publisher=IMDbPro |access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref> From 2003 to 2023, Fleisher was a member of the creative writing faculty at [[Illinois State University]] in [[Normal, Illinois]].{{cn|date=September 2024}}
Fleisher was born on October 21, 1959, in [[Wilmington, Delaware]].<ref name="obit">{{cite web |date=January 13, 2023 |title=Helen Kassia "Kass" Fleisher (obituary) |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pantagraph/name/helen-fleisher-obituary?id=38640059 |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=The Pantagraph |via=Legacy.com}}</ref> She earned a BA in English from [[Dickinson College]] in 1981, a MA from the [[University of North Dakota]] in 1989, and a PhD from [[Binghamton University]] in 1993.<ref name="obit"/> For a time, she taught English at [[Idaho State University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Woodworth-Ney |first=Laura |date=2008 |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/231175 |journal=The American Indian Quarterly |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=113–115 |issn=1534-1828}}</ref> In 2003, she began teaching creative writing at [[Illinois State University]] in [[Normal, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.illinoisauthors.org/php/getSpecificAuthor.php?uid=7457|title= Kass Fleisher |work=Illinois Authors|publisher=Illinois Center for the Book|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> Fleisher was married to [[Joe Amato (poet)|Joe Amato]] from 1995 until 2013. She died on January 6, 2023, at her home in Normal, Illinois.<ref name="obit" />
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== Books ==


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== Writing ==
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*''The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History'' ([[SUNY Press]], 2004) {{isbn| 9780791460634}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Karn |first1=Alexander |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |journal=Law and History Review |date=Summer 2008 |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=455-56 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S073824800000153X |access-date=25 September 2024}}</ref>
Fleisher authored five books of fiction and [[creative nonfiction]], and coauthored screenplays with her writing partner [[Joe Amato (poet)|Joe Amato]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=Dr. Kass Fleisher (1959-2023) - News - Illinois State |url=https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2023/07/dr-kass-fleisher-1959-2023/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''Accidental Species: A Reproduction'' ([[Chax Press]], 2005)
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*''The Adventurous'' (Factory School, 2006) {{isbn|9781600010002}}
*''Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman'' ([[Dalkey Archive Press]], 2008) {{isbn| 9781564785176}}
*''Dead Woman Hollow'' ([[SUNY Press]], 2012) {{isbn| 9781438442624}}


Fleisher's first book, ''The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History'' (2004), examines both the events and the cultural forgetting of the 1863 [[Bear River Massacre]].<ref name=":0" /> Fleisher became curious about the legacy of the massacre while living in Idaho in 1995.<ref name=":0" /> At that time, the National Park Service was developing the [[Bear River Massacre Site]] historic memorial, and Fleisher was surprised how little awareness there was of "one of the worst acts of genocide in the history of the United States".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fleisher |first=Kass |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bear_River_Massacre_and_the_Making_o/Ho5-44D6_rAC?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |date=2004-02-01 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-8520-0 |pages=xi |language=en}}</ref> The book is organized in three parts. The first section is a synthesis of historical records about the event, titled "What (We Think) Happened". The longer second section, "The Making of History", follows Fleisher's eight-year research process as she interviews local historians, members of the [[Shoshone]], and residents who oppose the memorial.<ref name=":0" /> The final section, "Ten Digressions on What's Wrong", presents a [[Postmodernism|postmodernist]] critique of history-making, intentionally rejecting narrative closure.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links==

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*{{Official|http://kassfleisher.com}}
=== List of books ===
*''The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History'' ([[SUNY Press]], 2004) {{isbn| 9780791460634}}<ref>Reviews of ''The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History'':
*{{cite journal |last1=Pusateri |first1=Chris |journal=Rain Taxi |date=Winter 2004 |volume=9 |issue=4 |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |url=https://raintaxi.com/vol-9-no-4-winte-2004-36/ |access-date=25 September 2024}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Blaisdell |first1=Bob |last2=Elias |first2=Amy J. |title=What is History? Two Views |journal=American Book Review |date=March–April 2005 |volume=26 |issue=3 |url=https://americanbookreview.org/focus-chapbooks/ |access-date=25 September 2024}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Barnes |first1=John P. |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |journal=Western Historical Quarterly |date=Autumn 2005 |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=389–90 |doi=10.2307/25443221 |jstor=25443221 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/25443221 |access-date=25 September 2024}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Wright |first1=Laura |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |journal=Jacket |date=October 2005 |issue=28 |url=http://jacketmagazine.com/28/wrig-flei.html |access-date=25 September 2024}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=Rod |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |journal=Utah Historical Quarterly |date=2006 |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=181–2 |doi=10.2307/45063005 |jstor=45063005 |url=https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/uhq/article-abstract/74/2/181/203421/The-Bear-River-Massacre-and-the-Making-of-History?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=25 September 2024}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Woodworth-Ney |first1=Laura |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |journal=The American Indian Quarterly |date=2008 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=113–15 |doi=10.1353/aiq.2008.0010 |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/aiq.2008.0010 |access-date=25 September 2024}}
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*{{cite journal |last1=Karn |first1=Alexander |title=The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History |journal=Law and History Review |date=Summer 2008 |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=455–56 |doi=10.1017/S073824800000153X |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S073824800000153X |access-date=25 September 2024}}
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*''Accidental Species: A Reproduction'' ([[Chax Press]], 2005)<ref>{{cite journal|journal= The Iowa Review |title= Review {{!}} Recent Memoir: Butterscotch, Black Chairs, and Breeders | last=Nugent|first=Lynne| volume=36|issue=1|year=2006| pages=180–187|doi= 10.17077/0021-065X.6236 | jstor= 20152157 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eckhard |first=Gerdes |date=2006 |title=Kass Fleisher. Accidental Species. |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA152182431&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=02760045&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=mlin_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true&aty=geo |journal=The Review of Contemporary Fiction |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=99+}}</ref>
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*''The Adventurous'' (Factory School, 2006) {{isbn|9781600010002}}
*''Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman'' ([[Dalkey Archive Press]], 2008) {{isbn| 9781564785176}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talking out of School {{!}} Kass Fleisher |url=https://www.krabarchive.com/ralphmag/FE/talking-school.html |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=www.krabarchive.com}}</ref>
*''Dead Woman Hollow'' ([[SUNY Press]], 2012) {{isbn| 9781438442624}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/dead-woman-hollow/|work=Foreword Reviews|title=Dead Woman Hollow|last=Morrow|first=Patricia|year=2012|access-date=September 28, 2024}}</ref>
*Editor, with Caitlin M. Alvarez. ''Litscapes: Collected US Writings 2015'' (Steerage Press, 2015) {{ISBN|978-0983632689}}


==References==
==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Pierce |first=Michelle Naka |date=2007 |title=The Spaces Between: A Conversation with Kass Fleisher |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/trajincschped.18.1.0063 |journal=Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=63–73 |jstor=10.5325/trajincschped.18.1.0063 |issn=1052-5017}}

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==External links==
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*{{Official|http://kassfleisher.com}}
*[https://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Fleisher.php Kass Fleisher] at [[PennSound]], [[University of Pennsylvania]]


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Kass Fleisher
Born(1959-10-21)October 21, 1959
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
DiedJanuary 6, 2023(2023-01-06) (aged 63)
Normal, Illinois, U.S.
Education
GenreFiction, creative nonfiction
Spouse
Joe Amato
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(m. 1995; div. 2013)​
Website
kassfleisher.com

Helen Kassia Fleisher (October 21, 1959 – January 6, 2023) was an American writer.

Biography

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Fleisher was born on October 21, 1959, in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] She earned a BA in English from Dickinson College in 1981, a MA from the University of North Dakota in 1989, and a PhD from Binghamton University in 1993.[1] For a time, she taught English at Idaho State University.[2] In 2003, she began teaching creative writing at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.[3] Fleisher was married to Joe Amato from 1995 until 2013. She died on January 6, 2023, at her home in Normal, Illinois.[1]

Writing

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Fleisher authored five books of fiction and creative nonfiction, and coauthored screenplays with her writing partner Joe Amato.[4]

Fleisher's first book, The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (2004), examines both the events and the cultural forgetting of the 1863 Bear River Massacre.[2] Fleisher became curious about the legacy of the massacre while living in Idaho in 1995.[2] At that time, the National Park Service was developing the Bear River Massacre Site historic memorial, and Fleisher was surprised how little awareness there was of "one of the worst acts of genocide in the history of the United States".[5] The book is organized in three parts. The first section is a synthesis of historical records about the event, titled "What (We Think) Happened". The longer second section, "The Making of History", follows Fleisher's eight-year research process as she interviews local historians, members of the Shoshone, and residents who oppose the memorial.[2] The final section, "Ten Digressions on What's Wrong", presents a postmodernist critique of history-making, intentionally rejecting narrative closure.[2]

List of books

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  • The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (SUNY Press, 2004) ISBN 9780791460634[6]
  • Accidental Species: A Reproduction (Chax Press, 2005)[7][8]
  • The Adventurous (Factory School, 2006) ISBN 9781600010002
  • Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008) ISBN 9781564785176[9]
  • Dead Woman Hollow (SUNY Press, 2012) ISBN 9781438442624[10]
  • Editor, with Caitlin M. Alvarez. Litscapes: Collected US Writings 2015 (Steerage Press, 2015) ISBN 978-0983632689

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Helen Kassia "Kass" Fleisher (obituary)". The Pantagraph. January 13, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024 – via Legacy.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e Woodworth-Ney, Laura (2008). "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (review)". The American Indian Quarterly. 32 (1): 113–115. ISSN 1534-1828.
  3. ^ "Kass Fleisher". Illinois Authors. Illinois Center for the Book. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "Dr. Kass Fleisher (1959-2023) - News - Illinois State". July 25, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Fleisher, Kass (February 1, 2004). The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History. State University of New York Press. pp. xi. ISBN 978-0-7914-8520-0.
  6. ^ Reviews of The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History:
  7. ^ Nugent, Lynne (2006). "Review | Recent Memoir: Butterscotch, Black Chairs, and Breeders". The Iowa Review. 36 (1): 180–187. doi:10.17077/0021-065X.6236. JSTOR 20152157.
  8. ^ Eckhard, Gerdes (2006). "Kass Fleisher. Accidental Species". The Review of Contemporary Fiction. 26 (2): 99+.
  9. ^ "Talking out of School | Kass Fleisher". www.krabarchive.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  10. ^ Morrow, Patricia (2012). "Dead Woman Hollow". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved September 28, 2024.

Further reading

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