Sidney Goldfarb (born November 23, 1942 in Peabody, Massachusetts) is a

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-educated American poet and experimental playwright, whose work continues the tradition of poetic theater. Goldfarb co-founded the acclaimed Creative Writing Program at the

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in 1975, serving as its first director. He continues to teach there today. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (1968), a

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grant (1970), a Goethe Foundation Grant (1984), and multiple grants from the

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Books

*''Speech, for Instance'' (poetry),

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, 1969 *''Messages'' (poetry), Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971 *''Curve in the Road'' (poetry), Halty-Ferguson, 1980 *''The Rushes of Tulsa and Other Plays'' (poetic theater), Barrytown-Station Hill, 20082008 The Rushes of Tulsa
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Plays

(Dates indicate first production) *''Pedro Páramo'' (adapted from the novel by Juan Rulfo), 1979 *''Huerfano'', 1980 *''Tristan: A Retelling'', 1983 *''Hot Lunch Apostles'', 1983 *''The Transposed Heads'' (adapted with

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from the novel by

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, with music by Elliot Goldenthal), 1984 *''Big Mouth'', 1985 *''Orange Grove'', 1988 *''Music Rescue Service'', 1991 *''The Rushes of Tulsa'', 1999 *''Bad Women'', 2000

Footnotes

External links

''The Rushes of Tulsa and Other Plays'' page, Barrytown/Station Hill Press
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