American poet and author (born 1953)
Steven "Catfish" McDaris (born 1953) is an American poet and author who is often associated with
Allen Ginsberg .
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[2] He is also notable for having collaborated with
Charles Bukowski .
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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.
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For a time, he lived in a cave and wintered in a Chevy in Denver.
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He eventually settled in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he worked for the
United States Postal Service .
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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.
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In 1998, he read at a Beatnik festival held near Allen Ginsberg's farm,
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In 2007, he read at Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore in Paris.
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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.
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Awards and nominations
1999 The Uprising Award.
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2010 The Flash Fiction Award at Gypsy, as judged by U.S. Poet Laureate.
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2015 The Thelonious Monk Award at
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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
Resurrection of a Sunflower Collated and 10 pages by Catfish McDaris
ISBN
978-0-9988476-0-3 525 pages
Dreaming With Frida Kahlo
ISBN
9781980293804 200 pages
Magic Coyote Rain Dance 24 pages
The Ass Of The Statue Of Liberty 24 pages
Blue Throat Of Day
ISBN
9781946642899 170 pages
Ghosts of the War Elephants
ISBN
9780578541440 144 pages
Rock ‘N’ Roll Poetry Poesie Rock “N’ Roll
joint French/English mini-Chap with Eric Dejaeger
Talking Shit and Doing the Funky Chicken with John D Robinson
Meat Grinder with Donald Armfield
ISBN
9798612766599 147 pages
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
ψ 27 Hammerheads Circling Ever Closer
ISBN
9780997870688 315 pages
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,
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