Michael Scharf (poet)
Introduction '''Michael Nathan Scharf''' (born January 6, 1969, in Albany, New York) is an American poet and critic. Scharf's poetry "mimics a vernacular language so debased it does actual harm." He was poetry reviews editor at Publishers Weekly from 1997 until 2006.At Poets & Writers magazine, he founded and wrote the column Metromania. In 1999, he founded Harry Tankoos Books, which publishes books and chapbooks; in 2006, with the poet Joshua Clover, he co-founded the small press , publisher of Kevin Killian's Action Kylie, among other books. He holds a B.A. in cognitive science from Vassar College, and a M.A. in linguistics from Brown University. His work has appeared in Chain, ubuweb, Jacket, the Germ, and the Poetry Daily Essentials anthology.
Works * Telemachiad (sugarhigh!, 1999), 64pp. * Vérité (/ubu, 2002), 58pp. * For Kid Rock / Total Freedom (Spectacular, 2007), 96pp* Autoportraits from an Earlier Era (SA editions, 2009), 13pp.
Essays & Articles * Scharf on the use of poetry criticism in Jacket Magazine, 2000 * Scharf on Austrian writers’ protests in Poets & Writers, * Scharf on Meghalaya, India in Change Observer
Reviews of Scharf's Work * For Kid Rock / Total Freedom, Stop Smiling, 2007. * Vérité, Overlap, 2003 * Vérité, Pantaloons, 2004 * Telemachiad, A Tonalist Notes, 2006
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