Gary Mex Glazner

Gary Mex Glazner, born 1957, is a poet. He is the author of Ears on Fire: Snapshot Essays in a World of Poets published on La Alameda Press. His latest book is How to Make a Living as a Poet, on Soft Skull Press, published in March of 2005. The book features essays on creative poetry programming and interviews with leading poets, including among others Mary Karr, Naomi Shihab Nye, the Taco Shop Poets and Sherman Alexie. He is the editor of Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry, on Manic D Press. Glazner is the director of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project Glazner is the Managing Director of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.

Works

• Glazner, Gary. Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry, San Francisco; Manic D Press, 2000.
• Glazner, Gary. Ears on Fire: Snapshot Essays in a World of Poets, New Mexico; La Alameda Press, 2003.
• Glazner, Gary. How to Make a Living as a Poet, New York; SoftSkull Press, 2005
• Glazner, Gary. How to Make a Life as a Poet, New York; SoftSkull Press, 2007.

Anthology

• Bowery Bartenders Big Book of Poems New York; Bowery Books, 2005

See also

• List of performance poets
• Poetry slam

External links

• Alzheimer's Poetry Project
• Hoard Magazine- April 2003 Interview
• LitKicks- Interview
• IndieFeed: Maps and Wings
• Salon Wanderlust The mystic-barber of Selcuk
• The Reverse Blurb Chapter Poetry About.com
• The Incomplete History of the Poetry Slam