Sean Thomas Dougherty: 4 books

Fusing street scenes (from Budapest to New York City) with family history (African American and Jewish), Sean Thomas Dougherty uses both traditional and experimental forms to explore issues of identity and family. Deeply rooted in music and performance, Dougherty’s poetry resists easy categorization,...

"These soul-infused, deftly crafted stanzas pulse with the rhythms of a poet who lives his life out loud. Sean Thomas Dougherty has always shunned convention in favor of his fresher landscapes-and this book will be the one that stamps his defiant signature on the canon."-Patricia SmithSasha Sings the...

Sean Thomas Dougherty celebrates the struggles, the dignity, and the joys of working-class life in the Rust Belt. Finding delight in everyday moments—a night at a packed karaoke bar, a father and daughter planting a garden, a biography of LeBron James as a metaphor for Ohio—these poems take pride...

Dougherty was awarded a Fulbright Lectureship to the Balkans from the U.S. State Department Awarded two Pennsylvania Council for the Arts fellowships in poetry Well-known in the early days of the performance-poetry scene, performing in slams across the country and at the Lollapalooza Festival True poet of the working class, the urban poor, and the city streets