Montgomery Maxton
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Montgomery Phoenix Maxton (b. 29 June 1980) is a contemporary American poet, writer, blogger, and photographer. He was born and raised in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio to a factory worker and a working mother, both in their early twenties. He states to be of Italian and Irish descent. He graduated the class poet and newspaper editor in 1999 at Goshen High School, about thirty miles northeast of Cincinnati, now considered a suburb. Not-too-fond of his hometown, he often refers to it in his writings as Gotown (a combination of Goshen Township) or Nehsog, Goshen spelled backwards.
Following attendances at The Ohio Center for Broadcasting (2000) and the University of Cincinnati (2002-2004), he moved to Columbus, Ohio where he became involved in politics and the bohemian art scene (Short North district) the city is know for. He was a former board member for Stonewall Cincinnati (2003-2004).
His poetry is edgy, confessional, pushy and often sexually explicit, and has been published most recently in A&U Magazine, Poets Against the War, and Blood Orange Review. His first public prose piece, Putting the Sin in Wisconsin, appeared February 19, 2007 on the popular ezine Six Sentences. His other genre has appeared in The Advocate, The Cincinnati Enquirer, and USA Today, among others.
His first book of poems, This Beautiful Bizarre, was contracted for publication by Q Press in early 2006 according to press releases on the poet's website and Q Press' website. Due to Q Press' financial hardship it remains unclear if the book will be published.
He is also a photographer and occasional painter. He cites Andy Warhol, Herb Ritts, Anne Sexton, and Robert Mapplethorpe as he influences.
He presently lives in Manhattan, New York City where he is working on a second collection of poetry/prose and a novel.
[edit] External Links
www.MontgomeryMaxton.com [1]
