Alice Friman

Alice Friman (born October 20, 1933) is an American poet. She has taught at a number of universities and helped to found the Indiana Writers' Center. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Indianapolis, and poet-in-residence at Georgia College & State University. She hosts a poetry podcast, "Ask Alice".

Biographical notes

Friman was born and raised in New York City. She married Elmer Friman in 1955, followed his job to Dayton, Ohio, in 1956, and in 1960 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. Their children are H. Richard Friman, Paul Lawrence Friman, and Lillian Elaine Wilson. They divorced in 1975 and she married Marshall Bruce Gentry in 1989.

Career

Friman is a graduate of Brooklyn College (1954), holds a master's degree from Butler University (1971), and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Indianapolis (2002). She started writing poetry seriously in her forties and is one of the founders of the Indiana Writers' Center. Friman taught English and creative writing at the University of Indianapolis from 1971 to 1993 and has been Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing since 1993. She was named "Teacher of the Year" at U of I in 1993. She also taught at Randolph College, Ball State University, Indiana State University, IUPUI, and Curtin University in Perth, Australia. In 2003 she moved to Milledgeville, Georgia, where she is poet-in-residence in the MFA program at Georgia College & State University. Friman also hosts a poetry podcast titled Ask Alice, which is sponsored by the Georgia College MFA program and can be seen on YouTube.