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Marvin Tate

Born: Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Tate was born in Chicago and grew up in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago's westside.

Biography: Marvin Tate is a poet who has worn many hats in his career: visual artist, author, educator, front man and songwriter. He has performed widely, including on National Public Radio's ''This American Life''. Def Jam Poetry, The Heartlands in SanFrancisco, the Chicago Blues Festival and the Eindehoefen Museum in the Netherlands. As a musician, he combines raw-blues/soul and gospel with stream-of-consciousness storytelling. He has recently collaborated with longtime multi-instrumentalist and former Wilco member, LeRoy Bach, and singers Tim Kinsella and Angel Olsen for a collection of songs called 'Tim Kinsella sings the songs of Marvin Tate with LeRoy Bach and Angel Olsen' on Joyful Noise Records (2013). 'All Music' review by Fred Thomas: 'The songs are often short, rushing by in a wash of voices as playful as they are vicious. Olsen takes lead on the ghostly 'Sidetracked in Miami,' a song almost woozy and bewitching enough to obscure its raw lyrical content. The album is a rough ride, despite its often lush arrangements and beautiful tones. Tate's lyrics...never completely subside into anything less than unsettling territory.' He currently works in the Coat Check Department of the Art Institute of Chicago, but his passion lies in teaching art and poetry to disadvantaged youth.


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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: info@marvintate.com
Website: http://www.artistmarvintate.com/#!poetry/cfvg
Marvin Tate on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=marvin+tate


Selected Titles

Schoolyard of broken dreams /
ISBN: 1882688031 OCLC: 31060382

Tia Chucha Press, Chicago : ©1994.

The Amazing Mister Orange /
ISBN: 1940430054 OCLC: 859046647

 

 

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