Max Blagg is a

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-born poet, writer, and performer from

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. Blagg has performed in

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since 1971. He is currently a visiting lecturer in poetry at

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in New York City (continuous from 2005).

Life

Max Blagg was born in 1948Entries for some of his poetry in the WorldCat online international library catalogue give the year of his birth as 1948. A
October 1992 article
in ''

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'' describes him as "43-year-old Max Blagg," suggesting he was born near the end of 1948. at

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, England, where he was a childhood friend of the actor Philip Jackson. Blagg moved to New York City in 1971, and still lives there today. He was recognized as an influential performer, respected writer, and poet in the New York literary scene. In 1992, his poem "''What Fits?''" was the soundtrack to a commercial for Gap jeans.

Works

The venues where Blagg has performed include the Kitchen, Guggenheim Museum, Jackie 60, Cable gallery, Nuyorican's Poet's café, St Marks Church, Bowery Poetry Club, CBGB, Sybarite, KGB Bar, Performing Garage, Mudd Club, and many other cultural landmarks. Magazines published in: *''Bomb'' *''Shiny'' *''Lacanian Ink'' *''Interview'' *''Village Voice'' *''Night'' *''Verbal Abuse'' *''Bald Ego'' *''Open City'' *''Black Book'' *''Room 101'' *''The East Hampton Star'' * Sensitive Skin Magazine Film Appearances: *''"Total Recall"'' June 11, 2007 Newspapers published in: *''New York Times'', "I Am The Chelsea Hotel". April 30, 2006 Books: *From Here to Maternity (Disco Version) Aloes Books/Hotel Firbank, 1980 *From Here to Maternity - ''Aloes Books'' London 1982 *Monkey - ''Appearances 18'' (special issue) 1991 *Licking the Fun Up - ''Aloes Books'' London 1991 *Pink Instrument - ''Lumen'' Boston 1998 *Eat a Peach '' - (privately printed)'' 2006 *''Up is Up and So is Down'' NYC Writing and Art from the 80's. edited by Brandon Stosuy, New York Press, 2006 *What Love Sees in the Distance - ''Open City Books'' 2008 *Ticket Out (2013)

References

External links

New School.edu
– The New School, NYC

at

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"The Best Night of His Life," a short story at Sensitive Skin magazine

“Video in Manhattan”
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