Forty years of poems from the East Village of Manhattan, a community of artistic and social vibrancy amid the nation's detritus. Extending from the mid-1970s to 2016, the poems range from expressions of youthful concerns – fueled by rock and roll, freedom and excess afforded by bohemian existence and rebellion against mainstream values – to perhaps more mature reflections and observances – and unease with mainstream values.
Greg Masters was born in Passaic, NJ and has lived in the East Village of Manhattan for the past 50 years. In addition to his art writing for various publications, he was an editor of the Poetry Project Newsletter; was co-editor of Mag City, a poetry magazine. He is the author of 11 books from Crony Books (www.cronybooks.net).