Catfish McDaris

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Steven "Catfish" McDaris (born 1953) is an American poet and author who is often associated with Allen Ginsberg. [1] [2] He is also notable for having collaborated with Charles Bukowski. [3]

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Biography

McDaris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1953.

After 3 years serving in the military as a young man, he hopped freights and hitchhiked across the U.S. and Mexico. He built adobe houses, tamed wild horses, made cattle troughs, worked in a zinc smelter, and painted flag poles. [4]

For a time, he lived in a cave and wintered in a Chevy in Denver. [5]

He eventually settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he worked for the United States Postal Service. [6]

In 1994, he organized a charity event of poetry and music in Milwaukee, called Wordstock. During the same year, he also read at The First Underground Press Conference at De Paul University in Chicago. [7]

In 1998, he read at a Beatnik festival held near Allen Ginsberg's farm, [8]

In 2007, he read at Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore in Paris. [9]

Reception and influence

McDaris has published extensively in the small press and independent magazines. [10] He is also often associated with Allen Ginsberg [11] [12] and collaborated with Charles Bukowski on a chapbook called 'Prying'. [13] In addition, his work has appeared in such publications as The Penny Dreadful Review, Chiron Review, the Shepherd Express [14] and Blink-Ink [15] Marquette University holds his collected published works and personal papers in their special collections archives. [16]

Awards and nominations

Publications

ISBN   978-0-9988476-0-3 525 pages

joint French/English mini-Chap with Eric Dejaeger

ψ 27 Hammerheads Circling Ever Closer ISBN   9780997870688 315 pages

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References

  1. ↑ "'Poet and author Catfish McDaris says stories from his experiences from the poetry and music world' by Michalis Limnios, March 1, 2013, Blues GR: Keep the Blues Alive".
  2. ↑ 'Cannibal Sunflowers' (2014), Catfish McDaris, Writing Knights Press, Cleveland, Ohio, Copyright information page, Credit: Cover Image, Allen Ginsberg.
  3. ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75
  4. ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
  5. ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
  6. ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
  7. ↑ "'Poet and author Catfish McDaris says stories from his experiences from the poetry and music world' by Michalis Limnios, March 1, 2013, Blues GR: Keep the Blues Alive".
  8. ↑ Sarantakis, Sherri (1998). Beats in Cherry Valley / Cherry Valley Arts Festival August 7–9. 1998 : Tribute to 30 years of Beat and Bohemian Influence. Columbus, Ohio: Buchenroth Publishing. ISBN   0966491416.
  9. ↑ 'Jupiter Orgasma' (2013), Catfish McDaris, Lulu.com, 37, ISBN   978-1-300-70644-1.
  10. ↑ 'Waiting on Nothing', Catfish McDaris, Mad Rush Books, 68.
  11. ↑ "'Poet and author Catfish McDaris says stories from his experiences from the poetry and music world' by Michalis Limnios, March 1, 2013, Blues GR: Keep the Blues Alive".
  12. ↑ 'Cannibal Sunflowers' (2014), Catfish McDaris, Writing Knights Press, Cleveland, Ohio, Copyright information page, Credit: Cover Image, Allen Ginsberg.
  13. ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
  14. ↑ "Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries Special Collections & University Archives Catfish McDaris Collection".
  15. ↑ Blink-Ink #18, Full of Crow Press, North Bradford, CT, USA, 'Contributors'.
  16. ↑ "Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries Special Collections & University Archives Catfish McDaris Collection".
  17. ↑ Steel Toe Review, Volume 1, 2012, Tritone Media, Birmingham, AL, USA, 79.
  18. ↑ Steel Toe Review, Volume 1, 2012, Tritone Media, Birmingham, AL, USA, 79.
  19. ↑ Montgomery College, Rockville, MD USA, http://thesongis.blogspot.com Dr. Marianne Szlyk
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