Poet Michael Favala Goldman (b. 1966) is also a Danish literary translator, educator, editor, and jazz clarinetist.
Goldman’s seven books of original poetry include Who has time for this? (2020), Slow Phoenix (2021), Small Sovereign (2021), If you were here you would feel at home (2022), This May Sound Familiar (2022), Someday all of this will be yours (2023), and What Minimal Joy (2023).
Among his seventeen translated books are Dependency (Penguin Classics) by Tove Ditlevsen, The Water Farm Trilogy by Cecil Bødker, and Something To Live Up To, Selected Poems of Benny Andersen.
His work has appeared in scores of literary journals and has received rave reviews in the New York Times and The London Times. For a complete list, see the Bibliography.
Goldman lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA, where he has been running in person and virtual bi-monthly poetry critique groups since 2018. All poets are welcome.
He also serves as Chair of the Program Committee for Straw Dogs Writers Guild and as Member of the Board of Directors for the Northampton Center for the Arts.
For inquiries regarding individual editing consultations for translation or poetry manuscripts, for guest teaching, or for speaking engagements, please see the media kit, or contact him directly.
