Miriam Sagan Explained

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, and left in Little Free Libraries across the country.^[16]

Works

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

External links

• Bio at Tres Chicas Books
• List of poems published online
• Miriam's Well - Sagan's literary blog
• Miriam Sagan Featured poet at alittlepoetry.com

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=jgiFBvsxxU8C&pg=PA263 The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry
2. http://www.writers.com/sagan.html The Literary Aesthetic of Miriam Sagan
3. News: Sagan: A visionary poet and ordinary person. The Santa Fe New Mexican. Baldinger. Jo Ann. September 13, 1991. 15-Pasatiempo. October 9, 2022. Newspapers.com.
4. http://www.writers.com/sagan.html Miriam Sagan Writers.com
5. News: Lives Well Loved. Albuquerque Journal. Steinberg. David. July 24, 2011. F4. October 11, 2022. Newspapers.com.
6. News: Word reward. The Taos News. Greenwood. Phaedra. January 14, 1999. C11. October 11, 2022. Newspapers.com.
7. News: Book-Making. The Boston Globe. Taylor. Robert. March 14, 1981. A13. October 11, 2022. Newspapers.com.
8. Web site: Our Artists – Yaddo . 2024-02-04 . en-US.
9. Web site: Miriam Sagan - Artist . 2024-02-04 . MacDowell . en.
10. Web site: Featured Writer/Artist #80 – Miriam Sagan and Isabel Winson-Sagan – Ninth Letter . 2024-02-04 . en-US.
11. Web site: Unknown . 2018-01-30 . bear creek haiku - poetry, poems and info: Miriam Sagan, in residence!... Kura Studio, Fukuoka, Japan . 2024-02-04 . bear creek haiku - poetry, poems and info.
12. News: Somerville . Tara . July 30, 2009 . Heart and Soul . October 13, 2022 . The Taos News . 4-Tempo Magazine . Newspapers.com.
13. Web site: 2023-07-20 . Maternal Mitochondria . 2024-02-04 . Maternal Mitochondria . en.
14. Web site: Projects . 2024-02-04 . Maternal Mitochondria . en.
15. Web site: Haiku Pathway . 2024-02-04 . Atlas Obscura . en.
16. Web site: 2016-08-06 . Stocking Little Free Libraries Between Home and Tesuque . 2024-02-04 . Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond . en.