S. R. Lavin has been widely published in the U.S. as well as internationally in England, China, Poland, Israel, Japan and The Netherlands. Among his books are LET MYSELF SHINE (Kulchur Press, 1979), THE STONECUTTERS AT WAR WITH THE CLIFF DWELLERS (Heron Press, 1971), I and You (an original version of Martin Buber’s Ich und Du, METACOMET: The Saga of King Philip, and JOURNEY TO A LONE STAR (Four Zo
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“Reading S. R. Lavin’s poetry is to allow for a personal transformation to occur within one’s own soul.” William Berger
“Every writer with his own voice changes the way we see ourselves. S. R. Lavin is to be counted among those we ought to read, listen to, and remember.” Keith Jennison
“S. R. Lavin is like an Old Testament prophet who demands that we hear his impassioned cries of protest for justice and truth.” Tom Smith
“A celebration of the surviving human spirit no matter what…a celebration of life…in difficult times.” Thomas C. Heffernan
“When one accepts the wide range within which Lavin’s work takes hold, the results continue to surprise and reassure us of the unfailing flow of his deep human vitality.” Gerard Malanga
Birth Place
Spfld., MA USA
Accomplishments
Four N.E.A. Grants in Literature for THE FOUR ZAOS PRESS,
Leonardo Da Vinci Cultural Acheivement Award
Prize winner of Austin International Poetry Festival (2005)
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