| 词条 | Lydia Tomkiw |
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Lydia Tomkiw (August 6, 1959{{spaced ndash}}September 4, 2007) was an American poet, singer, and songwriter, best known for her work with the new wave musical group Algebra Suicide, along with her husband Don Hedeker. Early lifeLydia Tomkiw was born in Chicago to immigrants from what is now Ukraine but was then a part of the Soviet Union. Her father Teodor worked at the local US Steel mill, while her mother Zenovia worked at the women's wear department at a local department store. The family lived near Humboldt Park, at the time a largely Polish neighborhood, but which became mostly Puerto Rican by the time Tomkiw was in her teens. She graduated from Lane Tech high school in 1977 and attended the University of Illinois Chicago campus and later Columbia College, where she received a Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Arts. According to the poet Paul Hoover, Tomkiw "became interested in poetry in her first year of college at University of Illinois Chicago, where she took a class with the poet Maxine Chernoff", before transferring to Columbia.[1] She met Hedeker at a gig in 1980 with his band the Trouble Boys. They soon started dating and started Algebra Suicide in 1983. Algebra SuicideThe band was popular in the Chicago area, and had a strong, if small, following elsewhere, especially Europe, where they toured in 1990. But while they enjoyed much critical success, financial success was lacking. Lydia purchased a club, the Club Lower Links, in 1991 with several partners, but within two years she was forced to sell her share. She and Hedeker divorced in 1993, and while they remained together professionally a bit longer, the end was clearly in sight. Algebra Suicide broke up for good in 1995. Later years and deathAfter the divorce, Lydia moved to New York City in the East Village. There she developed a solo record, Incorporated, which tapped a number of avant garde artists like the Legendary Pink Dots for production and performance help. She also continued to write and performed her poetry at various readings around the city. She spent her last years in Phoenix, Arizona near her family. She died in September 2007, and was interred at the mausoleum at the Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Chicago. DiscographyAs Algebra SuicideTrue Romance At The World’s Fair EP 1982 An Explanation For That Flock Of Crows EP 1984 Big Skin cassette 1986 The Secret Like Crazy (compilation + unreleased) 1988 Real Numbers 1988 (live at Link's Hall, 9 April 1988) Alpha Cue 1990 Swoon 1991 Tongue Wrestling 1995 Summer Virus Night (live 1990) 2009 Feminine Squared (compilation) 2013 Solo albumIncorporated 1995Published workPoetry Collections: Ballpoint Erection Popgun Sonatas The Dreadful Swimmers Obsessions Big Skin Featured in: The Best American Poetry New American Writing Walk on the Wild Side: Urban American Poetry Since 1974 Unbearables Anthology Aerial joe soap’s canoe Brooklyn Review B-City The Santa Monica Review Thunder Egg Hairtrigger The Wormwood Review References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://paulhooverpoetry.blogspot.com/2007/10/lydia-tomkiw.html |title=Paul Hoover's Poetry Blog: Lydia Tomkiw |publisher=Paulhooverpoetry.blogspot.com |date=2007-10-22 |accessdate=2012-02-02}}
8 : 1959 births|2007 deaths|Writers from Chicago|American people of Ukrainian descent|American women poets|20th-century American poets|20th-century American women writers|People from the East Village, Manhattan |
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