The Fun of Speaking English: Selected Poems

A native of Philadelphia PA Dorothea Dottie Grossman lived in Los Angeles for thirty-plus years. Her work was featured in the March 2010 edition of Poetry Magazine and was awarded that magazines J. Howard and Barbara M. J. Wood Prize. The 2007 opera Five by flutist/producer Ellen Burr is based on a selection of her poems. The late Allen Ginsberg called her poetry clear odd personal funny or wild-weird curious and lucid. Her work has appeared in numerous poetry journals and magazines. Grossman had two poetry collections Cuttings and Poems From Cave 17 self published. A third book Museum of Rain was published by Take Out Press in Portland OR. Her two CDs Call & Response and Call & Response & Friends represent the poet in live performance mode with improvising musicians. Dorothea Grossman died on May 6 2012 at the age of 75. I like to think my poems are honest and that they connect me with my fellow mammals in a way that is both aesthetically pleasing and comforting. If they retain an air of mystery/humor so much the better. -Dorothea Grossman