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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