Readings by the author: Listen to audio by clicking the links below.   • Introduction   • Chapter 1   • Chapter 2   • Chapter 3 • CKUT 90.3 interview GOLDA FRIED grew up in Toronto and then went to university in Montreal where she wrote poetry and was involved in spoken-word events like the Lollapalooza festival in 1994. Her collection of stories, Darkness Then a Blown Kiss, was published in 1998 and was listed as one of the ten best books of the year by NOW magazine. She has been teaching freshman composition for the last three years, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Read a Q&A with Golda Fried Click here for more about the music of Nellcott About Fried's first book, Darkness Then a Blown Kiss: 'Funny, perceptive and studded with sharp, aphoristic lines.' -- The Globe and Mail 'The dreamy awkwardness and pouncing acuity of her language heighten your perception like a drug.' -- NOW Buy online:  Amazon  |  GutterPress Website © Golda Fried. / All rights reserved.