Deep Red Guild

Poetry. Native American Studies. "[DEEP RED GUILD] takes the reader inside the mind of a born poet."—Brenda Coultas

"These short, interlocking lyric poems/songs and prose/prose-like pieces are alternately intuitive; acutely concrete; fast, voluble and associative; or meditative in an eloquent, nearly silent way."—Peter Bushyeager

"[These poems] are right out in the open, site-specific, indelible, challenging, up close and—as they say—personal. Her attention level is through the ceiling, whether asleep or awake. I've been reading her poems for two decades and this is her best and most beautiful work."—Lewis Warsh

Merry Fortune is a poet, musician, and environmentalist of German and Native American descent. She is a former editor of The World, editor of Pagan Place (with Robert Martens), and former coordinator for the Poetry Project Monday night reading series. She has appeared in several anthologies: The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth), The Portable Boog Reader (Boog Literature), and The Unbearables "Help Yourself!" Anthology (Autonomedia). Her poems, reviews and articles have appeared in The Poetry Project Newsletter; Boog-City; Brooklyn Review; Lungfull!; Fire (UK); High Times; Rattapallax; 6ix; Tamarind; CanWeHaveOurBallBack?; E-News online magazine and G (publications of the NYS Green Party). She is currently working on a compilation of essays, conversations, and profiles featuring dedicated and articulate artists, activists and politicians—previous interviews include: Penny Arcade, Stanley Aronowitz, Darius James, Mary Jo Long, Wanda Phipps, and Wreckless Eric. She has a collaboration with musicians Don Christensen, Pat Place and Julia Murphy (FAT) on the 3-CD compilation State of the Union (Electronic Music Foundation) produced by Elliott Sharp and is producing a recording titled The Love Dogs of Misfortune featuring musicians Daniel Carter, Don Christensen, Dee Pop, Barry Seroff, Dave Sewelson, Marc Ribot, and Drew Waters. Merry was born in downtown Brooklyn and currently lives and works in New York City.