Nancy Bogen

Nancy Bogen (born April 24, 1932) is an American author-scholar, mixed media producer, and digital artist.

Bogen has to her credit three serious novels of ideas: ''Klytaimnestra Who Stayed at Home'' (1980); ''Bobe Mayse, A Tale of Washington Square'' (1993); and the space satire ''Bagatelle·Guinevere by Felice Rothman'' (1995). Distinguished literary critic John Gardner made a spirited defense of ''Klytaimnestra'' after it came out. When a reviewer in ''Library Journal'' relegated Bogen's novel to the “popular fiction rack” with his own work, Gardner protested that ''Klytaimnestra'' merited a more respectful classification.

Also of note are Bogen’s Arco manual ''How to Write Poetry'' (1980) and ''Be a Poet!'' (2007), a considerable expansion of the initial work and a winner of numerous small press awards.

In 1997, Bogen began to fashion works in which she rhythmically synchronized her digitized photos to readings of poetry or performances of New Music. Her early works in this vein were later published online on Vimeo and videoart.net. Provided by Wikipedia