Al Markowitz is a poet and essayist. He is also the editor of the Blue Collar Review, journal of progressive working class literature. He has had poetry published in journals and papers including Pemmican, the Back Bear Review, Veer Magazine, Struggle, the Red Lantern and other venues. His poetry is influenced by Jazz, the poets he loves and publishes and by social realism, shaped and honed in the rigors of the working class experience.
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Favorite authors:
Tom McGrath, Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy, Robert Edwards, Fred Voss, Ed Werstein, Mike Gold, Langston Hughes, Michael S. Harper.
