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Marc Nasdor

MARC NASDOR is a poet and musician; a native of Baltimore who has lived in New York City since 1980. In the 1980s and 1990s he co-produced international literary festivals, was Program Director at Poets House and the Gas Station. After a 14 year hiatus from literary activities, Roof Books published Sonnetailia in 2007. His current manuscript is Insurgentes / Avenues. In addition, Nasdor (a/k/a Poodlecannon) is known as a mixed-world-music DJ, whose set reflects the diversity of languages in New York. He has also DJ'd in Budapest and Pécs (Hungary), Nantes (France), Mexico City and Mérida (Yucatan).

MEMOIR: YIN & LANG

Michael Gottlieb’s recently-published Memoir and Essay arrives at a moment when the alternative literary memoir of the late 20th century has been dominated for several years by a multi-volume West Coast project called The Grand Piano, an exercise of collective literary autobiography by 10 of its Bay Area practitioners.

two from "Insurgentes"

Marc Nasdor is the author of Sonnetailia (Roof Books, 2007) and the forthcoming Insurgentes. He was involved for a decade with the late poet Allen Ginsberg and The Committee for International Poetry. As DJ Poodlecannon, he has performed in New York City, Budapest, Nantes (France), Mexico City and Mérida (Yucatan).

from “Insurgentes / Avenues”

Marc Nasdor is a poet and musician; a native of Baltimore who has lived in New York City since 1980. In the 1980s and 1990s he co-produced international literary festivals, was Program Director at Poets House and the Gas Station.

from Sonnetailia

blood memory is an open fist, plenty of time to account…

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The Brooklyn Rail

JUNE 2023

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