Frances Klein (she/her) is an Alaskan poet and teacher. Klein is the author of several poetry chapbooks, including (Text) Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth Press, 2024). Her full length collection, Another Life is available from Riot in Your Throat Press. Klein's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Best Microfictions, The London Magazine, Rattle, The Harvard Advocate, HAD, and others.

Other poems on the web by Frances Klein:
Two poems
"Say you bust the unions, and then"
Two poems
"Teacher Exit Interview: A Cento"
Two poems
"The Golden Shovels for the Grave"
"Self-Portrait as Unsolicited Medical Advice"
"Prayer for the Halloween Season"

Frances Klein's Website.

About Another Life:

"In Another Life, Frances Klein reminds us that 'being alive on this planet / means acknowledging that all things / were once something else.' The world that she builds in these poems will speak to any woman who has experienced the cyclical longing, vulnerability & grief of infertility, miscarriage & motherhood. With precision & honest, Frances invites us into these experiences which feel both personal & universal-& ultimately, infinitely human."
—Joan Kwon Glass

"In Another Life, Frances Klein's poems wander through landscapes of loss with a sharp humor and a keen love for the world, a world where 'by no means should the poem simply end/by refusing to change its bra/and taking the whole sleeve/of Oreos to bed, /but it will anyway.' Another Life shines, reminding us that 'What we have built here is spiderweb fragile, /the wind plucking each tethering thread.' Donna Vorreyer, author of To Everything There IsIn Another Life, Klein cleverly examines the American mundane toil-the alienation that is contemporary woman/motherhood—all with a precision of language, line and form, and a charming voice and aesthetic. I highly recommend this poignant, exquisite collection, not only for its intelligence but its humanity as well."
—Jose Hernandez Diaz