Dodie Bellamy was born on 1951 and is an American novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, educator and editor.
10 Facts About Dodie Bellamy
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Dodie Bellamy's work is frequently associated with that of the New Narrative movement in San Francisco and fellow writers Robert Gluck, Dennis Cooper, Kathy Acker, Kevin Killian, and Eileen Myles.
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Dodie Bellamy grew up in Indiana and went on to study at Indiana University.
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Dodie Bellamy was a core member of The Feminist Writers' Guild.
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Dodie Bellamy is one of the originators in the New Narrative literary movement of the early and mid 1980s.
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Dodie Bellamy published her first novel, The Letters of Mina Harker, in 1998, which follows a character from Bram Stoker's Dracula and fictionalizes her as a woman living in 1980s San Francisco.
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Dodie Bellamy published a memoir made up of blog entries, called The Buddhist, in 2011 which follows a similar format as Dennis Cooper's The Sluts.
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Dodie Bellamy has stated that she draws inspiration from Conceptual art and writing practices, including cut-ups and generated texts.
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Dodie Bellamy has directed the San Francisco literary non-profit and writing lab, Small Press Traffic.
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Dodie Bellamy has taught creative writing at the San Francisco Art Institute, Mills College, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of San Francisco, Naropa University, Antioch University Los Angeles, San Francisco State University, California College of the Arts, and the California Institute of the Arts.