George Wallace (poet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George Wallace (poet)

poet

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1949

Place of Birth: Hempstead, New York, United States

Profession: poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

George Wallace (born March 22, 1949 in Hempstead, New York) is an American poet and poetry promoter. Working from a base of operations in downtown New York City's poetry scene, from his family roots in Brooklyn and Long Island, and from his experiences living and working in Northern California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon and the United Kingdom, Wallace has created a grassroots network of venues for poetry. His own poetry, in particular his performance-oriented work, is imagination-based in its creation, emerging from a process of wordplay, surrealist deconstruction and bricolage into a final form that is typically characterized by accessible narrative and forceful rhythmic impetus.
It is built on a foundation of a musical talent that emerged at the age of four, when he began reading and performing music, and shaped by his extensive readings in the literature of European Surrealism, the Whitman/Sandburg vortex, and the Beats.
His work also bears the mark of 1960s concerns, particularly the social witness and aesthetic consciousness of that time. His organizational efforts on behalf of poetry are based on professional training and disposition to community service developed through graduate studies with Guy Stuart and others at UNC-Chapel Hill in the mid '70s.