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Lester Afflick (1956 – January 2000) was a downtown New York City writer and poet.

Biography

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1956, Afflick came to the United States with his family when he was 16 years old, and attended Brooklyn College. In New York, Afflick co-edited The Door Newsletter and contributed widely to the downtown poetry and literature scene. Afflick was featured in the 1979 Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream festival and publications. He was also published in Box 749, a Magazine of Printable Arts. In 2008, a collection of his poetry was published by Fly By Night Press under the title I Dream About You Baby.

References

1. ^ Richard Oyama, "An Ecstatic Flux: The Poetry of Lester Afflick", A Gathering of the Tribes, April 16, 2010.
2. "Lester Afflick reviewed by Jim Feast", A Gathering of the Tribes, July 30, 2008.
3. "THEMES FOR VOLUME 30: Waterways 30 Years of Publication 1979 – 2009", TenPenny Players.
4. GOING OUT GUIDE, The New York Times, June 21, 1980.
5. Jim Feast, "Poetry: Rounding Out the Edges", The Brooklyn Rail, July 16, 2008.

External links

• NYU's Fales Library Guide to the Lester Afflick Papers
• The Lester Afflick Papers are held at the Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
• Afflick Info Page at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
• Review of I Dream About You Baby, Small Press Distribution.

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