Sampson Starkweather
Sampson Starkweather | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Pittsboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Education | Roanoke College (BA) Sarah Lawrence College (MFA) (MFA) |
Sampson Starkweather (born 1976) is an American poet. Starkweather received a BA in English Roanoke College and an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. 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] In 2013, Starkweather self-published The First Four Books of Sampson Starkweather through Birds, LLC.[4][5] The book has been categorized as a ‘metarealist’ text by The Huffington Post.[6]
Publications
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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 Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Birds LLC. The First Four Books..
- ^ Coldfront Mag. "The First Four Books of Sampson Starkweather."
- ^ Huffington Post National Poetry Month.
External links
[edit]- 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.