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Шаблон:Infobox writer Dorothea "Dottie" Grossman (1937–2012) was an American poet active in Los Angeles, where she lived for more than 30 years.[1] Grossman wrote short, often epigrammatic works, such as her series of "Henny Youngman poems," which imagined mundane and humorous glimpses of the Jewish comedian Henny Youngman.[2] Grossman's poems have been published in four books as well as multiple poetry journals and magazines.[1]

Biography

Grossman was born in Philadelphia[3] and attended Temple University, where she studied with Gerald Stern.[4]

Grossman read her work regularly throughout the Los Angeles area, and was noted for her collaborations with trombonist Michael Vlatkovich and other musicians. She and Vlatkovitch released a CD entitled Call and Response in 2003.[1]

Grossman was married to avant-garde pianist Richard Grossman until his death in 1992.[3] She frequently addressed her husband in the first person in her poems, and cited his music as well as a wide variety of other musical genres ranging from improvisational jazz to Top 40 radio as major inspirations in her work.[4]

In 2010, Grossman won the J. Howard and Barbara M. J. Wood Prize, awarded by Poetry magazine.[1]

Grossman died in West Los Angeles on May 6, 2012.[3]

Selected works

  • Cuttings (Tango Books, 1988)
  • Poems from Cave 17: Selected Poems 1989-1996 (self-published, 1996)
  • Museum of Rain (Take Out Press, 2001)
  • The Fun of Speaking English (Coffeetown Press, 2012)

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