Ian Frazier
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Ian Frazier (b.1951 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American writer and humorist. In his nonfiction books such as Great Plains, Family, and On the Rez, Frazier combines first-person narrative with in-depth research on topics including American history, Native Americans, and fishing and the outdoors.
Frazier grew up in Hudson, Ohio, where he attended Western Reserve Academy,and later also attended Harvard University, where he was on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. After graduating in 1973, he worked briefly as a magazine writer in Chicago. The following year, he moved to New York City and joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine, where he wrote feature articles, humorous sketches, and pieces for "The Talk of the Town" section.
In 1982, Frazier moved to Montana and, through travels and library research, began collecting material that he would later use in Great Plains. He has since also lived in Brooklyn, New York, and Montclair, New Jersey with his wife, author Jacqueline Carey, and their two children, Cora, 17, and Thomas, 14, who is an aspiring musician.
Frazier's most autobiographical work is Family.
[edit] Books
- Dating Your Mom (humor, 1986)
- Nobody Better, Better than Nobody (nonfiction, 1987)
- Great Plains (nonfiction, 1989)
- Family (nonfiction, 1994)
- Coyote v. Acme (humor, 1996)
- It Happened Like This (translation, 1998)
- On the Rez (nonfiction, 2000)
- The Fish's Eye (essays, 2002)
- Gone to New York: Adventures in the City (nonfiction, 2005)
[edit] External links
- Interview with Ian Frazier on WFMU's "The Speakeasy with Dorian" (RealAudio)
- Review of Gone to New York
- 1989 Real Audio interview with Ian Frazier by Don Swaim
- Select the Real Audio link by "LAMENTATIONS OF A FATHER" at time 28:42 to hear Ian Frazier read his "Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father" on the January 24, 1998 Prairie Home Companion broadcast.
