Catfish McDaris
Steven "Catfish" McDaris (born 1953) is an American poet and author who is often associated with Allen Ginsberg.[1][2] He is also notable for having collaborated with Charles Bukowski.[3]
Biography
McDaris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1953.
After 3 years serving in the military as a young man, he hopped freights and hitchhiked across the U.S. and Mexico. He built adobe houses, tamed wild horses, made cattle troughs, worked in a zinc smelter, and painted flag poles.[4]
For a time, he lived in a cave and wintered in a Chevy in Denver.[5]
He eventually settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he worked for the United States Postal Service.[6]
In 1994, he organized a charity event of poetry and music in Milwaukee, called Wordstock. During the same year, he also read at The First Underground Press Conference at De Paul University in Chicago. [7]
In 1998, he read at a Beatnik festival held near Allen Ginsberg's farm,[8]
In 2007, he read at Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore in Paris. [9]
Reception and influence
McDaris has published extensively in the small press and independent magazines.[10] He is also often associated with Allen Ginsberg [11] [12] and collaborated with Charles Bukowski on a chapbook called 'Prying'.[13] In addition, his work has appeared in such publications as The Penny Dreadful Review, Chiron Review, the Shepherd Express [14] and Blink-Ink[15] Marquette University holds his collected published works and personal papers in their special collections archives. [16]
Awards and nominations
- 1999 The Uprising Award.[17]
- 2010 The Flash Fiction Award at Gypsy, as judged by U.S. Poet Laureate.[18]
- 2015 The Thelonius Monk Award at[19]
Publications
- Van Gogh's Ear-Skinner's, Irregular Horse, 1994
- The Moon Gets Laid Skinner's, Irregular Horse, 1994
- Pyramids On Mars, KPG Press, 1994,
- Iguana In Your Pocket (with Nathan Beaty), Green Eggs & Ham Press, 1995
- Drowning In Your Bloodshot Eyes (with Jim Buchanan), Angelflesh Press, 1995
- Catfish In The Pecos, Angelflesh Press, 1996
- Magic Buffalo by The Peyote Brothers (with elliott), Angelflesh Press, 1997
- Prying (with Charles Bukowski and Jack Micheline), Four-Sep Publications, 1997
- Funk/Works (with Mark Sonnenfeld), Marymark Press, 1998
- And The Horse You Rode In On, Born Again(st)Christian Press, 1998
- The Wolf Pack (with Mark Wisniewski and Wolf Vest), Pariah Press, 1999
- Bitchslapped (art by Swanky Mike Tolento), A Pick Pocket Book published by Phony Lid Books, 2002
- Maow-Miaou-Editions, Microbe(French/English), 2000
- Tears from Nowhere, Spunk, 2001
- Coyoacan, JVC Books, 2001
- A Field Of Dancing Horses, fingerprint press, 2004
- Making Love To The Rain, Propaganda Press, 2010
- Dancing Naked On Bukowski's Grave, Horror,Sleaze,Trash Press (with Ben John Smith) ISBN 978-1-4477-6940-8, 2011
- Tales From A French Envelope, (with Craig Scott) Ten Pages Press ISBN 978-1-257-96373-7, 2011
- Naked Fly Cherry Marijuana, Graffiti Kolkata (India), 2012
- Waiting On Nothing, Mad Rush Books ISBN 978-1-105-70938-8, 2012
- Jupiter Orgasma, Mad Rush Books ISBN 978-1-300-70644-1, 2013 Hard Cover
- Thieves of the Wind (with Subhankar Das) ISBN 978-1-49967-033-2 Writing Knights Press, 2014
- Cannibal Sunflowers ISBN 978-1-50033-001-9 Writing Knights Press, 2014
- Buffalo Nickels, Grandma Moses Press, 2014
- Switcheroo (with David Mac) Mac Press in England, 2014
- Day 4 (with Alexis Rhone Fancher, John Swain, & Bree) ISBN 978-1-50098-516-5 Green Panda Press 2014
- 66 lines On Your Soul (with Subhankar Das & Kevin Ridgeway) Graffiti Kolkata India 2014
- Naked Serial Killers In Volkswagens Weekly Weird Monthly, Austin, Texas 2015
- No Blindfold No Cigarette Black Dharma Press Dynatox Ministries, NJ 2015
- Sleeping With the Fish Pski's Porch Lockport, NY ISBN 978-0692671320
References
- ↑ "'Poet and author Catfish McDaris says stories from his experiences from the poetry and music world' by Michalis Limnios, March 1, 2013, Blues GR: Keep the Blues Alive".
- ↑ 'Cannibal Sunflowers' (2014), Catfish McDaris, Writing Knights Press, Cleveland, Ohio, Copyright information page, Credit: Cover Image, Allen Ginsberg.
- ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75
- ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
- ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
- ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
- ↑ "'Poet and author Catfish McDaris says stories from his experiences from the poetry and music world' by Michalis Limnios, March 1, 2013, Blues GR: Keep the Blues Alive".
- ↑ Sarantakis, Sherri (1998). Beats in Cherry Valley / Cherry Valley Arts Festival August 7–9. 1998 : Tribute to 30 years of Beat and Bohemian Influence. Columbus, Ohio: Buchenroth Publishing. ISBN 0966491416.
- ↑ 'Jupiter Orgasma' (2013), Catfish McDaris, Lulu.com, 37, ISBN 978-1-300-70644-1.
- ↑ 'Waiting on Nothing', Catfish McDaris, Mad Rush Books, 68.
- ↑ "'Poet and author Catfish McDaris says stories from his experiences from the poetry and music world' by Michalis Limnios, March 1, 2013, Blues GR: Keep the Blues Alive".
- ↑ 'Cannibal Sunflowers' (2014), Catfish McDaris, Writing Knights Press, Cleveland, Ohio, Copyright information page, Credit: Cover Image, Allen Ginsberg.
- ↑ Cutaway Magazine #1, 2012, UK, 'Contributors', 72-75.
- ↑ "Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries Special Collections & University Archives Catfish McDaris Collection".
- ↑ Blink-Ink #18, Full of Crow Press, North Bradford, CT, USA, 'Contributors'.
- ↑ "Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries Special Collections & University Archives Catfish McDaris Collection".
- ↑ Steel Toe Review, Volume 1, 2012, Tritone Media, Birmingham, AL, USA, 79.
- ↑ Steel Toe Review, Volume 1, 2012, Tritone Media, Birmingham, AL, USA, 79.
- ↑ Montgomery College, Rockville, MD USA, http://thesongis.blogspot.com Dr. Marianne Szlyk