Michael Rothenberg

Michael Rothenberg (1951 – 2022) was an American poet, songwriter, editor, artist, and environmentalist. His published numerous books of poetry, including Nightmare of The Violins, Favorite Songs, Man/Women (a collaboration with Joanne Kyger), Unhurried Vision, Monk Daddy, The Paris Journals, Choose, My Youth As A Train, Murder, Sapodilla, and Drawing The Shade, among others. His poems have also appeared in New American Writing, Supplement v. 2, Brooklyn Rail, Sensitive Skin, Chiron Review, 88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry, First Intensity, Cortland Review, Golden Handcuffs Review, among many others.