Hal Sirowitz
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Hal Sirowitz is an American
poet.
Sirowitz first began to attract attention at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
where he was a frequent competitor in their Friday Night Poetry Slam. He eventually made the 1993 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team, and competed in the 1993 National Poetry Slam
(held that year in San Francisco) along with his Nuyorican teammates Maggie Estep
, Tracie Morris
and Regie Cabico.
Sirowitz would later perform his poetry on stages across the country, and on television programs such as MTV's Spoken Word: Unplugged and PBS's The United States of Poetry.
He has written six books on poetry and is arguably best known for the volumes Mother Said, My Therapist Said and Father Said.
Sirowitz is a 1994 recipient of an NEA Fellowship in Poetry and is the former Poet Laureate
of Queens, New York. He worked as a special education teacher in the New York public school system for 23 years.
He is married to the writer Mary Minter Krotzer.
, where Mother Said has been adapted for the stage and turned into a series of animated cartoons.
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poet.
Sirowitz first began to attract attention at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Nuyorican Poets Café
The Nuyorican Poets Café is a non-profit organization in Alphabet City, Manhattan. It is a bastion of the Nuyorican art movement in New York City, USA, and has become a forum for poetry, music, hip hop, video, visual arts, comedy and theatre.-History:...
where he was a frequent competitor in their Friday Night Poetry Slam. He eventually made the 1993 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team, and competed in the 1993 National Poetry Slam
National Poetry Slam
The National Poetry Slam is a performance poetry competition where teams from across the United States, Canada, and France participate in a large-scale poetry slam. The event occurs in early August every year and takes place in a different US city....
(held that year in San Francisco) along with his Nuyorican teammates Maggie Estep
Maggie Estep
Maggie Estep is an American poet and writer. She has published six books and released two spoken word albums: Love is a Dog From Hell and No More Mr. Nice Girl.Estep was born in 1963 in Summit, New Jersey...
, Tracie Morris
Tracie Morris
Tracie Morris is an American poet, performer, vocalist and academic originally from Brooklyn, New York.-Career:Morris emerged as a performer and writer from the Lower East Side poetry scene in the early 1990s. She became known as a local performer in the "slam" scene located in the Nuyorican Poets...
and Regie Cabico.
Sirowitz would later perform his poetry on stages across the country, and on television programs such as MTV's Spoken Word: Unplugged and PBS's The United States of Poetry.
He has written six books on poetry and is arguably best known for the volumes Mother Said, My Therapist Said and Father Said.
Sirowitz is a 1994 recipient of an NEA Fellowship in Poetry and is the former Poet Laureate
Poet Laureate
A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
of Queens, New York. He worked as a special education teacher in the New York public school system for 23 years.
He is married to the writer Mary Minter Krotzer.
Sirowitz abroad
Sirowitz is the best-selling translated poet in NorwayNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, where Mother Said has been adapted for the stage and turned into a series of animated cartoons.
http://homedir-a.libsyn.com/podcasts/66e00c80246a41df4a7ed67f60ae1a4a/4acb3844/indiefeedpp/images/HalSirowitzPic.jpg