Background
He was born in Seattle, Washington.
He was born in Seattle, Washington.
He was a graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle where he studied under the poet and professor Nelson Bentley.
Bentley had been a student of Theodore Roethke and West.H. Auden. As editor-in-chief of Raven"s Mask Press and Bonefire Press, Maloney later published two notable works by Nelson Bentley: A Day at North Cove, Raven"s Mask Press, Seattle, 1974 and Grayland Apocalypse, Bonefire Press, Seattle, 1972
Frank Maloney"s work is featured in the anthology, The Gift of Tongues: Twenty-five Years of Poetry from Copper Canyon Press. In 1974, Copper Canyon Press also published Maloney"s best-known work, How to Eat a Slug.