Hailed
by Free Williamsburg for his rebellious,
undiluted style reminiscent of Norman Mailer, Robert Roth’s poetry and assorted
convention-rattling discourses on life, social justice, hierarchical presuppositions
and many other subjects hits the senses like a stiff breeze at a time when
exchanges over crucial issues too often get sidelined by fears of stoked, or
even concocted sensitivities. 
Robert will be reading from
Health Proxy (Yuganta Press,
2007) and Book of Pieces (2016) this Tuesday at Curley’s. Spanning
35 years of writing, his latest collection complements commentary and poetry
with an interview and a libretto, and is released through And Then, his ad-free,
reader-supported literary journal, which in the past has also published
material by Rona D. Schenkerman and other PoemAlley members.
Together with co-founder Arnold Sachar, Robert
has used the annual (now in its third decade) as a platform to explore the ties between the
individual and the political through relating experiences via art, photography,
poetry or short prose.
Robert currently resides in New York (check out this 2010 biographical interview with Dyske Suematsu on Vimeo) and
likes to think of the PoemAlley community as “his home away from home”.
The
“Green Fuse” spring poetry celebration, a 2010 co-presentation of PA and
Stamford’s Unitarian Universalist Congregation (Robert appears in the video highlights below at 5:29) is one of
numerous area poetry activities to which he has contributed over the years:
You can get further details about Robert, his writing and social observations, as well as And Then here; reach Robert for information on ordering the latest issue at roblroth@gmail.com.
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