Lester Afflick (1956 – January 2000)[1] was a downtown New York City writer and poet.
Biography
editBorn in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1956, Afflick came to the United States with his family when he was 16 years old,[2] and attended Brooklyn College.[1] In New York, Afflick co-edited The Door Newsletter and contributed widely to the downtown poetry and literature scene. Afflick was featured in the 1979 Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream festival and publications.[3] He was also published in Box 749, a Magazine of Printable Arts.[4] In 2008, a collection of his poetry was published by Fly By Night Press under the title I Dream About You Baby.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Richard Oyama, "An Ecstatic Flux: The Poetry of Lester Afflick", A Gathering of the Tribes, April 16, 2010.
- ^ "Lester Afflick reviewed by Jim Feast", A Gathering of the Tribes, July 30, 2008.
- ^ "THEMES FOR VOLUME 30: Waterways 30 Years of Publication 1979 – 2009", TenPenny Players.
- ^ GOING OUT GUIDE, The New York Times, June 21, 1980.
- ^ Jim Feast, "Poetry: Rounding Out the Edges", The Brooklyn Rail, July 16, 2008.
External links
edit- NYU's Fales Library Guide to the Lester Afflick Papers
- The Lester Afflick Papers are held at the Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
- Afflick Info Page at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
- Review of I Dream About You Baby, Small Press Distribution.
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