Sparrow (born Michael Gorelick, October 2, 1953) is an American poet, activist, and musician. As a member of the New York-based literary group The Unbearables, Sparrow has published several poetry collections with

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, as well as chapbooks in collaboration with the St. Mark's Poetry Project, and he has served as the editor for the literary journal ''Big Fish''. He has been published in ''

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'' (after picketing their offices in 1996 while holding a sign reading, "My Poetry is as bad as yours)", '' The Quarterly'', and ''

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.'' He is the founder both of the "One Size Fits All Movement" and the East Village Militia. He was also featured in the

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series '' The United States of Poetry'', and his music (with the band Foamola) is featured on the poetry compilation '' Poemfone: New Word Order''. He is also a gossip columnist for the Phoenicia Times, a contributing editor to

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, and a substitute teacher. He currently lives with his wife Violet Snow and daughter in the

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region of the

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Works

*''The Princeton Diary'', Vinal Publishing, 2020, *''Republican Like Me: A Diary of My Presidential Campaign'', Soft Skull Press, 2001, *''Yes, you are a revolutionary! plus seven other books'', Soft Skull Press, 2002, *''America: A Prophecy : The Sparrow Reader'', Soft Skull Press, 2005, *''How to Survive the Coming Collapse of Civilization (And Other Helpful Hints),'' The Operating System, 2016,

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