Stray Cat Blues

Sirowitz, Hal

ISBN 10: 1935218298 / ISBN 13: 9781935218296

Published by THE BACKWATERS PRESS, 2012

Seller Inventory # I-9781935218296

Synopsis:

2013 Nebraska Book Award 

More poems based on the Jewish tradition by the great Brooklyn poet, Hal Sirowitz, author of Mother Says.

About the Author: Hal Sirowitz is the former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York. He served for three years, beginning in 2000. He has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, The MacDowell Artist Colony, Ragdale, among others. He has been a recipient of the New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. The Metropolitan Transportation Agency and the Poetry Society of America selected one of his poems to appear on New York City Buses and Subways. His poetry has been selected for many anthologies, including ones edited by Billy Collins, Alan Kaufman, and Garrison Keillor. Keillor has performed his poetry on his radio show The Writer's Almanac and has recently included an interview with him for The Writer's Almanac Bookshelf. His poetry has been published in Ploughshares, Beloit Poetry Journal, River Styx, New Letters, and many others. The composers Alla Borzova and David Eddleman have put some of his poems to music, and it has been performed at Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, Aspen Music Festival, and other venues. His poetry and books have been translated into thirteen languages, including Portuguese, Macedonian, Icelandic, Korean, Hebrew, Turkish, and Japanese. He now resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Stray Cat Blues
Publisher: THE BACKWATERS PRESS
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New