Sparrow (American poet) explained
| Sparrow |
| Birth Name: | Michael Gorelick |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1953 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Violet Snow |
| Children: | 1 |
Sparrow (born Michael Gorelick, October 2, 1953)[1] [2] is an American poet, activist, and musician.[3] [4]
As a member of the New York-based literary group The Unbearables, Sparrow has published several poetry collections with Soft Skull Press, as well as chapbooks in collaboration with the St. Mark's Poetry Project, and he has served as the editor for the literary journal Big Fish. He has been published in The New Yorker (after picketing their offices in 1996 while holding a sign reading, "My Poetry is as bad as yours)",[5] The Quarterly, and The New York Times. He is the founder both of the "One Size Fits All Movement" and the East Village Militia.[6] He was also featured in the PBS series The United States of Poetry, and his music (with the band Foamola) is featured on the poetry compilation . He is also a gossip columnist for the Phoenicia Times, a contributing editor to Chronogram, and a substitute teacher.[7]
He currently lives with his wife Violet Snow and daughter in the Woodstock region of the Catskill Mountains in New York.
Works
- The Princeton Diary, Vinal Publishing, 2020,
- Republican Like Me: A Diary of My Presidential Campaign, Soft Skull Press, 2001,
- Yes, you are a revolutionary! plus seven other books, Soft Skull Press, 2002,
- America: A Prophecy : The Sparrow Reader, Soft Skull Press, 2005,
- How to Survive the Coming Collapse of Civilization (And Other Helpful Hints), The Operating System, 2016,
Notes and References
- News: Snow . Violet . Our names reflect who we are . 18 May 2021 . Hudson Valley Parent . en.
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00018969.html Sparrow Entry in Library of Congress
- News: Gorelick . Michael . Commentary: Moments of madness . 18 May 2021 . Times Union . 15 December 2018.
- News: Bettina Drew: "Twilight of Two Poets" The Missouri Review . 18 May 2021 . Missouri Review . 8 April 2009.
- Book: Trachtenberg, Jordan . Verses That Hurt: Pleasure and Pain from the POEMFONE Poets . Trachtenberg . Amy . 1997-03-15 . Macmillan . 9780312151911 . 205–6 . en.
- Web site: Guide to the Sparrow Papers . Fales Library and Special Collections . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725032436/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/spar.html . 25 July 2008 . January 14, 2012.
- News: "WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH MAYBE THE MOST DELICIOUS LOOKING FLAG OF ANY NATION": an interview with SPARROW . 18 May 2021 . Rain Taxi . 2013-12-08.
