Performed with many, including: Linda Albertano, Will Alexander, Dave Alvin, David Amram, Thomas Antonic, Beck, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Iris Berry, Laurel Ann Bogen, DJ Bonebrake, Bob Branaman, Jack Brewer, Michael Blake, Michael Lane Bruner, Peter Carlaftes, John Cassady, Exene Cervenka, Neeli Cherkovski, Allen Cohen, Brendan Constantine, Dennis Cruz, John Densmore, John Doe, Tom Clark, Wanda Coleman, Vaginal Cream Davis, John Dorsey, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Rich Ferguson, Flea, Michael C Ford, Pleasant Gehman, Kat Georges, Nikki Giovanni, Jack Grisham, Brian Hassett, Susan Hayden, George Herms, Bob Holman, Stephen J. Kalinich, Linda King, Doug Knott, Joanne Kyger, Gerald Locklin, Suzanne Lummis, Lewis MacAdams, Phoebe MacAdams, John Macker, Lynne Manning, Ellyn Maybe, Michael McClure, David Meltzer, Jack Micheline, Eric Mingus, Richard Modiano, Bill Mohr, Mike M Mollett, Todd Moore, Chris Morris, Keith Morris, K.R. Morrison, Viggo Mortensen, Harry E. Northup, Marc Olmsted, Dan O'Neill, Puma Perl, Charles Plymell, Holly Prado, Diane di Prima, A. Razor, Luivette Resto, Frank T. Rios, Luis Rodriguez, Henry Rollins, Aram Saroyan, Tony Scibella, Hubert Selby Jr., Kim Shuck, Bucky Sinister, Joan Jobe Smith, Tate Swindell, Lynne Thompson, jimmy vega, Fred Voss, Anne Waldman, George "Hardly Visible" Walker, Scott Wannberg, Ed Ward, Pam Ward, Dig Wayne, ruth weiss, Connie Williams, A.D. Winans, Gail Wronsky, Daniel Yaryan.
Publishing and editing on my Rose of Sharon imprint since 1988. Published and edited (Sic) Vice & Verse, MEAT. Editorial staff for Shattersheet and The Moment. Co-founder H.I.P. (Hollywood Institute of Poetics) and WWWRN (World Wide Word Radio Network) Blog Talk Radio. Poem on the billboard at the corner of Hillhurst, Vermont and Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA, August 2002, protesting the U.S. rise to the ultimate invasion of Iraq in March 2004. Created and toured with The Poetry Bomb in 2010, a five week 11,000 mile tour in an effort to inspire and create civil disagreements. Toured the U.S. and Canada with performance poetry groups The Lost Tribe (1985-1992), The Carma Bums (1989-2009) and White Trash Apocalypse (1995-1997).
Was a member of the advisory and curatorial boards of Beyond Baroque for several years.
Produced hundreds of readings in and around Los Angeles and across the nation.
March 2018, produced Beyond Beat with Richard Modiano, a five day celebration of the Beat Generation at Beyond Baroque.
Recipient of the first Beyond Baroque Distinguished Service Award (2011), Firecracker Award (Outlaw Bible of American Poetry), Best Performance Poet LA Weekly.
Editor and/or publisher: Sharktalk (Rose of Sharon Press, 1988) by Doug Knott, The Electric Yes Indeed! (Shelf Life Press, 1989) by Scott Wannberg, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunders Mouth Press, 1999), The Outlaw's Prayer - Teaching The Dead To Sing (Rose of Sharon Press, 2006) by John Dorsey, Black Ace 8 (Temple of Man, 2007), An Interview with Ted Berrigan (Rose of Sharon Press, 2013) by John Dorsey, Natural Geographics (Rose of Sharon Press, 2014) by M. Lane Bruner, The Official Language of Yes (Perceval Press, 2015) by Scott Wannberg, The Hideous Bible (Rose of Sharon Press, 2016) by The Lost Bums, lost bastard chronicles (Rose of Sharon Press, 2017) by mark hartenbach, Stories of Civil Bend (Rose of Sharon Press, 2019) Lee Roy Bruner, Why Must You Say These Things Out Loud (Rose of Sharon Press, 2020) Michael Lane Bruner, Hard to Say in a Way That Might Be Heard (Rose of Sharon Press, 2021) Michael Lane Bruner and Mike M Mollett, The Forbidden Lunchbox and Other Poems (Punk Hostage Press, 2022) Richard Modiano, Beat Not Beat (Moon Tide Press, 2022) edited by Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Alexis Rhone Fancher and Kim Shuck, Good Madness is Hard to Come By (Rose of Sharon Press, 2022) by Michael Lane Bruner and S.A. Griffin, Fifth and Wall Street, Skid Row Los Angeles in the 1970s (Rose of Sharon Press, 2022) by Michael Hyatt, Poem Pie (Rose of Sharon Press, 2024) by Spencer L. Griffin with drawings by Sharon Grish Griffin, Catching Fire, the Los Angeles Wildfires January 5-February 1, 2025 (Rose of Sharon Press, 2026) edited by S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano.
Publications include: The Lost Tribe (1985) with The Lost Tribe, Without Skin (1989) with Justice Howard, A One Legged Man Standing Casually On Hollywood Blvd. Smoking A Cigarette (Shelf Life Press, 1989), etc. (Rose of Sharon Press, 1993), Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance (Rose of Sharon Press, 1994), Alien Landing Pad (Rose of Sharon Press, 1995) with Iris Berry and Pleasant Gehman, Twisted Cadillac (Sacred Beverage Press, 1996) with The Carma Bums, The Bad Thing (Phony Lid Publications, 2000), Unborn Again (Phony Lid, 2001) Duckwalking Thru The Apocalypse (Bottle of Smoke Press, 2003), Armageddon Outta Here! (Rose of Sharon Press, 2004) with The Carma Bums, Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel (Butcher Shop Press, Rose of Sharon, Temple of Man, 2005) with John Dorsey and Scott Wannberg, 2 (greenpanda press, 2006) with John Dorsey, Virgin Erotica (greenpanda press, 2006) with John Dorsey, Numbskull Sutra (Rank Stranger Press, 2007), John & Sarah Do D.C. (Bottle of Speech, 2008), The Electric President (Rose of Sharon Press, 2008), The Fucker Inside (Tainted Coffee Press, 2008), They Swear We Don't Exist (Bottle of Smoke, 2010), Dreams Gone Mad With Hope on (Punk Hostage Press, 2014), The Hideous Bible (Rose of Sharon Press, 2015) with The Lost Bums, Harvey Korman Harvey Korman Harvey Korman (Spartan Press, 2017) with John Dorsey and Scott Wannberg, American Carnage (Bottle of Smoke Press, 2017), Good Madness is Hard to Come By (Rose of Sharon Press, 2022) Michael Lane Bruner and S.A. Griffin, Pandemic Soul Music (Punk Hostage Press, 2023) with drawings by Robin Lynne Griffin, Suckers & Losers (River Dog, 2024).
Anthologies include: The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunders Mouth Press, 1999), Poems From Penny Lane (Farfalla Press, 2004), Beatitude Golden Anniversary 1959-2009 Volume 50 (Beatitude, 2009), Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts Poetry Festival Santa Cruz Edition (Mystic Boxing Commission, 2012), Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond (Beyond Baroque Books, 2015), Bottle 1-6 (Bottle of Smoke Press), Cross Strokes: Poetry of Los Angeles and San Francisco (Otis Books, 2015), Maintenant 1-19 (Three Rooms Press) edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts Omnibus: Deluxe Edition (Mystic Boxing Commission, 2022), Beat Not Beat (Moon Tide Press, 2022), Sparring Artists Annual Issue 1 (Mystic Boxing Commission, 2023), Sparring Artists Annual Issue 2 edited by S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano (Mystic Boxing Commission, 2024), Insurgent Imagination (Mystic Boxing Commission, 2024), Catching Fire, the Los Angeles Wildfires, January 2025 edited by S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano (Rose of Sharon Press, 2026).
Recordings:
My Name is Trouble by Bobbo Staron (Rose of Sharon Records, 1989)
HollyWord, Various Artists (Rhino Records, 1990)
Rhythm or Suicide, Jack Brewer (SST Records, 1997), opening rap with Scott Wannberg.
Ozark Revelations by The Lost Bums (Rose of Sharon Records, 2015)
Flamethrower of Love (Gritbiscuit Records, 2019)
Skyscraper Martini Guitar (Counterculture Chronicles, 2023)
Poetry Films:
The Lost Tribe, John Leslie Foxx, 1985 (featuring the Lost Tribe)
The Luxurious Tigers of Obnoxious Agreement, 1997, directed by Bruce Dickson, (Carma Bums feature documentary)
Tumbleweed in a Box, short film directed by Risa Mickenberg, written by S.A. Griffin, with S.A. Griffin, Scott Wannberg and Iris Berry
Archive at UCLA (2015), first acquistion for their Punk Intiative which includes 200 boxes of periodicials, poetry by various aritsts, The Carma Bums, Scott Wannberg, Beat, Bukowski, mimeo revoultion, punk, California poets, audio, film, photographs, other associated ephemera and two van loads of art by various related artists.
Father, husband, working actor since 1978, Vietnam era veteran USAF.
