Cedar Sigo (born February 2, 1978 in

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American writer of art, literature and film.

Background

Cedar Sigo was raised in

located within the

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. In 1995 he was awarded a scholarship to study at Naropa Institute's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder Colorado. It was there that he studied and interacted with well-known poets, such as

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, Lisa Jarnot,

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, and

Joanne Kyger Joanne Kyger (November 19, 1934 – March 22, 2017) was an American poet. The author of over 30 books of poetry and prose, Kyger was associated with the poets of the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beat Generation, Black Mountain, and the New ...

. Sigo is the author of several books and pamphlets of poetry, some of which have been included in various magazines and anthologies. Sigo has given poetry readings in various locations across the

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, including the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, the Museum of Contemporary Art, The San Francisco Poetry Center, San Francisco Art Institute, and the Suquamish Community House, also called ''sgwәdzadad qәł ?altxw'' ( The House of Awakened Culture). His poems have appeared in The Poker, Yolanda Pipeline's Magazine, Shampoo, RealPoetik, Puppy Flowers, Suspect Thoughts, 6x6, and New York Nights, among other journals. Currently, he still lives in Washington State.

Works

*''Selected Writings: Cedar Sigo'' (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003) *''Selected Writings (Expanded Second Edition)'' (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2005) *''Death Race V.S.O.P.'' (with Micah Ballard & Will Yackulic) (Red Ant, 2005) *''Expensive Magic'' (House Press, 2008) *''Stranger in Town'' (

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, 2010) *"Language Arts" (Wave Books, 2014) * "Royals" (Wave Books, 2017) *''There You Are: Interviews, Journals, and Ephemera'' (ed. Cedar Sigo for Joanne Kyger) (Seattle: Wave Books, 2017).

References

External links

Book Review of ''Stranger in Town''Cedar Sigo reads for SPD's New Lit Generation at LitCrawlCedar Sigo - ''The Emerald Tablet''
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