Michael Scharf (poet)

Michael Nathan Scharf (born January 6, 1969, in Albany, New York) is an American poet and critic. Scharf's poetry "mimics a vernacular language so debased it does actual harm."^[1] He was poetry reviews editor at Publishers Weekly from 1997 until 2006. At Poets & Writers magazine, he founded and wrote the column Metromania. In 1999, he founded Harry Tankoos Books, which publishes books and chapbooks; in 2006, with the poet Joshua Clover, he co-founded the small press ingirumimusnocteetconsumimurigni, publisher of Kevin Killian's Action Kylie, among other books. He holds an A.B. in cognitive science from Vassar College, and a M.A. in linguistics from Brown University. His work has appeared in Chain, ubuweb, Jacket, the Germ, and the Poetry Daily Essentials anthology.

Michael Scharf
Born	Michael Nathan Scharf (1969-01-06) January 6, 1969 (age 56) Albany, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, critic
Education	Vassar College (AB) Brown University (MA)

Works

• Telemachiad (sugarhigh!, 1999), 64pp.
• Vérité (/ubu, 2002), 58pp.
• For Kid Rock / Total Freedom (Spectacular, 2007), 96pp
• Autoportraits from an Earlier Era (SA editions, 2009), 13pp.

Essays & Articles

• Scharf on the use of poetry criticism in Jacket Magazine, 2000
• Scharf on Austrian writers’ protests in Poets & Writers,
• Scharf on Meghalaya, India in Change Observer

Reviews of Scharf's Work

• For Kid Rock / Total Freedom, Stop Smiling, 2007.
• Vérité, Overlap, 2003
• Vérité, Pantaloons, 2004
• Telemachiad, A Tonalist Notes, 2006