Maralyn Lois Polak


"From her witty essays..., to her ironic poems of lust and hunger, Maralyn Lois Polak's feisty brand of sensitivity has proven her to be Philadelphia's own Dorothy Parker," said Steve Wilson of Borders Books and Music. Known as "the Bitch Goddess of Philadelphia Poetry,"  she's a novelist,  spoken word artist, performance poet, Reiki channel, essayist, editor, satirist, interactive commentary columnist, occasional radio personality, and workshop leader,  whose writing appears widely in print, online, and in performance, including two solo shows for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and an astrophysics poem commissioned for Relache's Virtual Concert and performed live at the Franklin Institute and via the Internet.  

Her poetry has appeared in the journals Lingo, Black Water Review, MLP- Planting Day, Painted Bride Quarterly, Boulevard, Four Quarters, the Village Voice, Haiku West, and elsewhere, while Internet poetry sites Hinge HiNgE: MLP(keepscrolling) and This Hard Wind have spotlighted her work on numerous ocasions.  For two consecutive years, she was the only poet featured by Philadelphia's prestigious Book and the Cook restaurant festival when her latest poetry book, "The Bologna Sandwich and Other Poems of LOVE and Indigestion,"  (Meridian) was made into  a succulent menu actually served at two romantic cafes. Her experimental trilogy cybernovel, IMAGINARY PLAYMATES/THE MAN IN HER MIND, was serialized for six months on the former political-literary website, FemmeSoul.Com. She has created a holistic heroine, "the female Harry Potter of Romance,"  12 of whose many adventures have been serialized by Citypaper.Net,  from her original multi-media color-illustrated CDRom/Book, MIRANDA PEAR'S BRAZEN BEDTIME STORIES: UN-PC FAIRYTALES FOR GROWNUPS.>> Miranda Pear's Brazen Bedtime Stories: Un-P.C. Fairytales for Grownups  She's the author of the highly praised collection of literary profiles of some of our best authors: THE WRITER AS CELEBRITY: Intimate Interviews (MEvans).  She has reviewed books for the New York Times, guested on NPR's FRESH AIR with Terry Gross, explored the art of negotiation for Mirabella Magazine, and was formerly a nationally syndicated celebrity interviewer for Knight-Ridder and the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, where she was praised by media maven Ron Javers for her ability to go "up the aorta and into the ego."



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