Miriam Sagan

Miriam Sagan (born April 27, 1954, in Manhattan, New York)[1] is a U.S. poet, as well as an essayist, memoirist and teacher.[2][3] She is the author of over a dozen books, and lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[4] She is a founding member of the collaborative press Tres Chicas Books.[5]

A graduate of Harvard with an M.A. in creative writing from Boston University, Sagan was one of the editors of the Boston area-based Aspect Magazine with Ed Hogan.[6] In 1980 Hogan shut Aspect down and he, Sagan and others founded Zephyr Press.[7]

In 1982 Sagan moved from the Boston area to first San Francisco and then Santa Fe, where Sagan has made her home since 1984.[8] She has published more than twenty books, including Searching for a Mustard Seed: A Young Widow's Unconventional Story,[9] which won the award for best memoir from Independent Publishers for 2004;[10] her poetry collections Rag Trade,[11] The Widow's Coat,[12] The Art of Love,[13] and Aegean Doorway;[14] and a novel, Coastal Lives. She has also edited a number of poetry anthologies.[15]

Sagan directed the creative writing program at Santa Fe Community College[16] and was an artist-in-residence at Everglades National Park.[17] After her first husband Robert Winson's untimely death, Sagan married her high school sweetheart Rich.[18][19]

Works
  • Unbroken Line: Writing in the Lineage of Poetry. Sherman Asher Publishing. 1999. ISBN 978-1-890932-08-4.
  • Archeology Of Desire. Red Hen Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1-888996-32-6.
  • Searching For A Mustard Seed: One Young Widow's Unconventional Story. Quality Words In Print. 2003. ISBN 978-0-9713160-3-4.
  • Rag Trade: Poems. La Alameda Press. 2004. ISBN 978-1-888809-42-8.
  • Gossip. Small Press Distribution, Tres Chicas Books. 2007. ISBN 978-1-893003-11-8.
  • Map Of The Lost. University of New Mexico Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8263-4160-0.
  • Love & Death:Greatest Hits. Small Press Distribution, Tres Chicas Books. 2011. ISBN 978-1-893003-03-3.
  • Luminosity. Duck Lake Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1943900084
  • Bluebeard's Castle. Red Mountain Press. 2019. ISBN 978-1732650138
  • A Hundred Cups Of Coffee. Tres Chicas Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1893003231
  • Star Gazing: Poems of Astronomy. Cholla Needles. 2020. ISBN 979-8651830473
  • Border Line: 101 Haiku. Cholla Needles. 2023. ISBN 979-8369733356

References
  1. The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry
  2. The Literary Aesthetic of Miriam Sagan Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Jeffrey Laing, May 6, 2009
  3. Baldinger, Jo Ann (September 13, 1991). "Sagan: A visionary poet and ordinary person". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 15-Pasatiempo. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Miriam Sagan Writers.com Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Steinberg, David (July 24, 2011). "Lives Well Loved". Albuquerque Journal. p. F4. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Greenwood, Phaedra (January 14, 1999). "Word reward". The Taos News. p. C11. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Taylor, Robert (March 14, 1981). "Book-Making". The Boston Globe. p. A13. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Sanderson, Sara (April 1, 1995). "Poetry: Volumes touch Merrill's pulse". The Indianapolis News. p. D-6. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Brussel, Marika (August 31, 2003). "A widow has compelling things to say about grief". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. F-2. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Smith, Craig (February 8, 2008). "Minstrels with credentials". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 9-Pasatiempo. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Steinberg, David (July 11, 2004). "'EPIC' history for a wider audience". Albuquerque Journal. p. F6. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Robertson, Kell (April 25, 1999). "Loving through it all". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. F-2. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Taylor, Tim (June 25, 1995). "'Art of Love' is marvelous, elusive". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. D-6. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. Lieu, Jocelyn (January 22, 1988). "Sagan's emotional patchwork poetry". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 6-Pasatiempo. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Book Embraces the Work of N.M.'s Jewish Poets". Albuquerque Journal. October 4, 1998. p. 4-Sage Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. Somerville, Tara (July 30, 2009). "Heart and Soul". The Taos News. p. 4-Tempo Magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Today's Agenda". Miami Herald. December 22, 2006. p. 2B. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. (Miriam Sagan: The Survivor; Richard Grayson – May 17, 2007 )
  19. López, Antonio (January 30, 1988). "The pen draws a blunt sword in 'Dirty Laundry'". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 44-Pasatiempo. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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