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Maggie Estep. Courtesy American Poems.
Maggie Estep (March 20, 1962 - February 12, 2014) was an American spoken word poet and novelist.[1]
Life[]
Estep was born in Summit, New Jersey.
She worked as a horse groom, a go-go dancer, a dishwasher, a nurse's aide, and a box factory worker.[2]
As a poet, she emerged in the early 1990s when grunge was the height of fashion and her "direct, aggressive and uncompromisingly modern"[3] poetry was highly accessible. She performed regularly at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.[4]
Estep appeared on MTV's Spoken Word Unplugged,[5] PBS's The United States of Poetry,[6] and most recently on Season 3 of HBO's Def Poetry. Her video for her spoken word track "Hey Baby" received moderate rotation on MTV and was highlighted on MTV's Beavis & Butt-head. She also contributed vocals to two songs on Recoil's 1997 album Unsound Methods, including the single "Control Freak".
Estep went on to write many novels, including "Diary of an Emotional Idiot", the Ruby Murphy mystery trilogy, Gargantuan, Hex and Flamethrower, and Alice Fantastic. Hex was named New York Times Notable Book for 2003.[7]
She published 7 books and released 2 spoken word albums.
She died in Albany, at 50, 2 days after having a heart attack.[4]
Publications[]
Novels[]
- Diary of an Emotional Idiot: A Novel. New York: Harmony Books, 1997.
- Hex: A Ruby Murphy mystery. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2003.
- Gargantuan: A Ruby Murphy mystery. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004.
- Flamethrower: A Ruby Murphy mystery. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006.
- Alice Fantastic. New York: Akashic Books, 2009.
Short fiction[]
- Soft Maniacs: Stories. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
Collected editions[]
- Love Dance of the Mechanical Animals: Confessions, highly subjective journalism, old rants and new stories. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2003.
Edited[]
- Bloodlines: A horse racing anthology (edited with Jason Starr: Vintage, 2006.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[8]
Audio / video[]
Maggie Estep - Hey Baby
Discography[]
- No More Mr. Nice Girl (CD). New York: Imago / NuYo Records, 1994.
- Love is a Dog From Hell (CD). New York: Mercury, 1997.
Except where noted, discographical information courtesy WorldCat.[8]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Maggie Estep, FamousBirthdays.com, Web, Feb. 16, 2013.
- ↑ Maggie Estep, Goodreads, Web, Feb. 16, 2013.
- ↑ Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe, Words in Your Face: A guided tour through twenty years of the New York City poetry slam (New York: Soft Skull Press, 2008), 66. ISBN 1-933368-82-9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Daniel E. Slotnick, Maggie Estep, who brought slam poetry to TV, die at 50," New York Times, February 12, 2014. Web, Sep. 23, 2015.
- ↑ New York Times Caryn James review of Spoken Word Unplugged
- ↑ United States of Poetry website: Maggie Estep's "I'm an Emotional Idiot"
- ↑ New York Times Notable Books, December 7, 2003.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Search results = au:Maggie Estep, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 23, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Two poems by Maggie Estep at Bomb magazine
- Maggie Estep at PoemHunter (5 poems)
- Audio / video
- Books
- Maggie Estep at Amazon.com
- About
- Maggie Estep, who brought slam poetry to TV, die at 50," New York Times
- Maggie Estep at IMDb
- Maggie Estep Official website.
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