David Baratier
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David Baratier (born in 1970) is primarily known as a working class poet and editor who is often experimental and has written many chapbooks including Compartments (a short run) Booglit, 1996; A Run of Letters, Poetry New York, 1998; The Fall of Because, Pudding House, 1999; Estrella's Prophecies I The Fortune Begins, Runaway Spoon Press, 2002; Estrella's Prophecies II Dawn of the Living Fortune, Anabasis / Extant, 2003; Estrella's Prophecies III Return of the Magi, Luna Bisonte Prods, 2004; and After Celan. He also has also written a full length non-fiction epistolary novel In It What's in It, Spuyten Duyvil, 2002.
In an interview he stated "When I was born I came out with a green wreath on my head." This is no surprise, especially when considering him as a direct relation of Ezra Pound. His poems have appeared in several hundred publications including Laurel Review, Slipstream, Skanky Possum, Fulcrum, Controlled Burn and others. His anthology appearances include American Poetry: the Next Generation, from Carnegie Mellon UP, Clockpunchers: Poetry of the American Workplace, and Red White and Blues: Poets on the Promise of America from University of Iowa.[1]
He is the editor of Pavement Saw Press, a "poetry only" publisher whose efforts have resulted in national awareness of many authors including Robert Grenier (writer), Jeffrey Levine, Amy King, Chris Stroffolino, Simon Perchik, Alan Catlin, Sofia Starnes, George Kalamaras, Will Alexander, Tony Gloeggler, Sheila E. Murphy, Carl Thayler, Maj Ragain, Rodney Koeneke, and Richard Blevins.
Best known for his tours with musicians including The Replacements and Lollapalooza before settling down in Philadelphia, since 1996 he has called Columbus, Ohio his home. He also has appeared as a minor movie actor, primarily in horror films.
