Clinch

His poetry, like koans, illuminate in an extraordinary and minimalistic way, life and family in NYC.

A significant presence at the St. Mark’s Poetry Project and the Nuyorican Poets’ Café, Michael Scholnick was one of a number of poets whose work successfully bridged the gap between the New York School and the Beats. Clinch includes poems compiled from four manuscripts and two poems published here for the first time.

Publication date: August 1, 1998

Format: Trade Paper

Dimensions: 6 x 9

Page count: 95 pages

ISBN: 9781566890700

Michael Scholnick (1953-1990) was born in Queens, N.Y. From 1977-86 he coedited the literary magazine Mag City. His first chapbook of poems, Perfume, was published in 1978, and his second, Beyond Venus, in 1980. This is the first major collection of his poems.