Miriam Sagan (born April 27, 1954, in Manhattan, New York)[1] is a U.S. poet, as well as an essayist, memoirist and teacher.[2][3] She is the author of over a dozen books, and lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[4] She is a founding member of the collaborative press Tres Chicas Books.[5]

A graduate of Harvard with an M.A. in creative writing from Boston University, Sagan was one of the editors of the Boston area-based Aspect Magazine with Ed Hogan.[6] In 1980 Hogan shut Aspect down and he, Sagan and others founded Zephyr Press.[7]

She has been a writer in residence in four national parks, Yaddo,[8] MacDowell,[9] Gulkistan in Iceland,[10] Kura Studio in Japan,[11] and other interesting and remote places. She founded and directed the creative writing program at Santa Fe Community College.[12]

Her intergenerational collaborative team, Maternal Mitochondria (with Isabel Winson-Sagan),[13] has produced text installations in venues ranging from abandoned buildings to galleries to RV parks.[14] Miriam's work has been incised on stoneware as part of two haiku pathways,[15] set to music for the Santa Fe Women's Ensemble,[16] and left in Little Free Libraries across the country.[17]

Works

  • The Art of Love: New and Selected Poems. La Alameda Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0963190925.
  • Dirty Laundry: 100 Days in a Zen Monastery. New World Library. 1999. ISBN 978-1577311058.
  • Unbroken Line: Writing in the Lineage of Poetry. Sherman Asher Publishing. 1999. ISBN 978-1-890932-08-4.
  • Archeology Of Desire. Red Hen Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1-888996-32-6.
  • The Widow's Coat. Ahsahta Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0916272678.
  • Searching For A Mustard Seed: One Young Widow's Unconventional Story. Quality Words In Print. 2003. ISBN 978-0-9713160-3-4.
  • Rag Trade: Poems. La Alameda Press. 2004. ISBN 978-1-888809-42-8.
  • Gossip. Small Press Distribution, Tres Chicas Books. 2007. ISBN 978-1-893003-11-8.
  • Map Of The Lost. University of New Mexico Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8263-4160-0.
  • Love & Death:Greatest Hits. Small Press Distribution, Tres Chicas Books. 2011. ISBN 978-1-893003-03-3.
  • Seven Places in America: A Poetic Sojourn. Sherman Asher Publishing. 2015. ISBN 978-1890932428.
  • Black Rainbow. Sherman Asher Publishing. 2015. ISBN 978-1890932480.
  • Swimming in Reykjavik. Baba Builders. 2015.
  • Luminosity. Duck Lake Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1943900084.
  • Bluebeard's Castle. Red Mountain Press. 2019. ISBN 978-1732650138.
  • A Hundred Cups Of Coffee. Tres Chicas Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1893003231.
  • Beasts. Red Mountain Press. 2020. ISBN 978-1732650169.
  • Star Gazing: Poems of Astronomy. Cholla Needles. 2020. ISBN 979-8651830473.
  • In The Monastery of Fragrance and Panic Poems. 2021. ISBN 978-9390601523.
  • Shadow on the Minotaur. Red Mountain Press. 2021. ISBN 978-1952204050.
  • Start Again. Red Mountain Press. 2022. ISBN 978-1952204241.
  • Stash. Cyberwit. 2022. ISBN 978-8182539266.
  • Castaway. Red Mountain Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1952204159.
  • Border Line: 101 Haiku. Cholla Needles. 2023. ISBN 979-8369733356.
  • Music for Monoliths. Cyberwit. 2023. ISBN 978-8119228874.
  • Commune of the Golden Sun. Cholla Needles. 2024. ISBN 979-8369733356.

References

  1. ^ The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry
  2. ^ The Literary Aesthetic of Miriam Sagan Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Jeffrey Laing, May 6, 2009
  3. ^ Baldinger, Jo Ann (September 13, 1991). "Sagan: A visionary poet and ordinary person". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 15-Pasatiempo. Retrieved October 9, 2022. – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Miriam Sagan Writers.com Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Steinberg, David (July 24, 2011). "Lives Well Loved". Albuquerque Journal. p. F4. Retrieved October 11, 2022. – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Greenwood, Phaedra (January 14, 1999). "Word reward". The Taos News. p. C11. Retrieved October 11, 2022. – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Taylor, Robert (March 14, 1981). "Book-Making". The Boston Globe. p. A13. Retrieved October 11, 2022. – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Our Artists – Yaddo". Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  9. ^ "Miriam Sagan - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  10. ^ "Featured Writer/Artist #80 – Miriam Sagan and Isabel Winson-Sagan – Ninth Letter". Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  11. ^ Unknown (2018-01-30). "bear creek haiku - poetry, poems and info: Miriam Sagan, in residence!... Kura Studio, Fukuoka, Japan". bear creek haiku - poetry, poems and info. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  12. ^ Somerville, Tara (July 30, 2009). "Heart and Soul". The Taos News. p. 4-Tempo Magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2022. – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Maternal Mitochondria". Maternal Mitochondria. 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  14. ^ "Projects". Maternal Mitochondria. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  15. ^ "Haiku Pathway". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
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  17. ^ "Stocking Little Free Libraries Between Home and Tesuque". Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond. 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2024-02-04.