Sotère Torregian

Sotère Torregian was born in No-Man’s-Land in the fateful year 1941; adopted language English; earliest poems in 1950’s; found himself a Surrealist 1963 onward; associated with “New York School” of poets, 1963-1967; with then-wife poet Kathleen Brummal moved to California 1967; two children; divorced 1972; Single Parent; taught as “writer-in-residence” at Stanford; lecturer and research assistant to world-renowned scholar and Director of Afro-American Studies Program, Dr. St. Clair Drake (1969-1975); position terminated by Stanford administration for anti-war activities on campus; visiting lecturer, University of the Pacific (Stockton), “Mysticism Islamic and Christian” (2001-2012). Among his many books are The Golden Palomino Bites the Clock (Angel Hair), The Wounded Mattress (Oyez), Because My Pizza’s Cold: Selected Works, 1957-1999 (Skanky Possum), On the Planet Without Visa (Coffee House Press), and Amalgam (UDP).