Sampson Starkweather
| Born |
1976 Pittsboro, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Occupation | poet |
| Nationality | United States |
Sampson Starkweather is a new American dadcore poet born in 1976 in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Starkweather first went to Roanoke College in Virginia for a BA in English, and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. In 2006, Sampson Starkweather started the press Birds, LLC. with Dan Boehl, Chris Tonelli, Matt Rasmussen, and Justin Marks.[1] He has helped organize, Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative and the CUNY Chapbook festival.[2][3]
The First Four Books of Sampson Starkweather by Sampson Starkweather
The First Four Books of Sampson Starkweather is a book which assembles the first four full-length books of Starkweather’s written over the course of ten years (2003-2013), which include, Self Help Poems, The Waters, LA LA LA, and King of the Forest.[4][5] The book has been categorized as a ‘metarealist’ text by the Huffington Post.[6]
Publications
- The First Four Books of Sampson Starkweather. (2013). Austin, TX; Minneapolis, MN; New York City, NY; Raleigh, NC.: Birds, LLC. OCLC 841912098
Chapbooks
- Like Clouds Never Render (2012). Providence, RI: O’clock Press.
- The Heart is Green from So Much Waiting (2010). Brooklyn, NY: Immaculate Disciples Press.
- The photograph (2007). Denver, Colo: Horse Less Press. OCLC 443151417
- City of Moths (2008). Boston: Rope-a-Dope Press. OCLC 437416907
- Self Help Poems.
References
- ↑ Huffington Post “National Poetry Month 2013. Seth Abramson.
- ↑ Pen America “from the Waters” June 26, 2013.
- ↑ Center for Humanities: Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetrics Document Initiative
- ↑ Birds LLC. The First Four Books..
- ↑ Coldfront Mag. "The First Four Books of Sampson Starkweather."
- ↑ Huffington Post National Poetry Month.
External links
- Sampson Starkweather reads Flowers of Rad for The Continental Review.
- Sampson Starkwewather reads the video poem, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Reading from The First 4 Books of Sampson Starkweather at The Center for Book Arts.
- Interview with Mike Young at HTMLGIANT as part of STARK WEEK @ HTMLGIANT. Complete Digital Archive of STARK WEEK.
- Octopus Magazine Review of The First Four Books of Sampson Starkweather.