Sparrow (American poet)


Sparrow is an American poet, activist, and musician.

Life

Sparrow is a longtime poet, activist, and musician hailing from the Lower East Side of Manhattan and a member of the New York-based literary group the Unbearables. He 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 ", The Quarterly, and The New York Times. He is the founder both of the "One Size Fits All Movement" and the East Village Militia. He was also featured in the PBS series The United States of Poetry, and his music 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.
Sparrow has been called "one of the funniest men in Manhattan" by music critic Robert Christgau, and challenged Bob Dole for the presidential nomination in 1996. Although lesser known, his work is held in high regard by highly acclaimed contemporary writers including Lydia Davis. He currently lives with his wife Violet Snow and daughter in the Woodstock region of the Catskill Mountains in New York.

Works