Berrien
Thorn
Fragos
Born:
11/16/1948
New Rochelle
Died: 08/26/1999
Parents: George Fragos, Carol June Thorn Fragos
Address(es):
Last known address:
Suttons Bay , MI
Died: 08/26/1999
Parents: George Fragos, Carol June Thorn Fragos
Address(es):
Last known address:
Suttons Bay , MI
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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My Life is Small Potatoes - Album |
Adult | 1994 | |||
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Other writings: - Literary, fine art reviews, column "Easy Street", Traverse City Record-Eagle, 1989--. |
Adult | 1989 | |||
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The New Nomads [microform] : Art Life, and Lore of Migrant Workers in New York State / Mary Arnold Twining, Ed. - Berrien Thorn wrote section 9, "Field Notes". |
Non Fiction , History | Adult | Newfield NY : New York Folklore Society, distributed by Eric Clearinghouse | 1987 | |
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Utility Music - Album |
Adult | Traverse City, MI : Berrien Thorn | 1985 | ||
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Some Tunes - Audio Cassette supported by Michigan Council for the Humanities. |
Adult | Suttons Bag, MI : Berrien Thorn | 1985 | ||
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The Wooing of the North - Work in Progress at his death. |
Adult |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
"I believe the salvation of all of us is as little as the most obscure destiny. There are moments in the long spaces of every existence where time flows together. In that slight infinity being grows big as the world or little as death. We are all responsible to pay attention. That's it."
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Other - Poet and song writer
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Studied
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Stanford University | Palo Alto , CA | 1952 -1954 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Funded scholarship upon his death
- "Initiated in order to foster and encourage the creative talents of individuals with a history of migration to obtain work in agriculture." from the scholarship application |
Berrien Fragos Thorn Arts Scholarships for Migrant Farmworkers | 1999 | |
| Writer of "Easy Street" column | Traverse City Record Eagle | Traverse City , MI | 1989 -1996 |
| Performer | Greenpeace Campaign for the Great Lakes | Great Lakes area including , MI | 1985 |
| Other Activist work | 1980 -1983 | ||
| Activist | S.U.N.Y. Migrant Farm Worker Literacy Projects | New York state | 1979 -1988 |
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Performer
- Open Arts Grant |
Westchester Arts Council | 1979 | |
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Singer in prisons
- rural upstate New York |
1975 -1983 | ||
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Itinerant Performer, Poet and Song writer
- Festivals, including working with folk singer Pete Seeger; migrant camps |
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| Elevator operator, various other jobs |
Other Resources:
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