Maggie Dubris

Maggie Dubris is the author of Skels (Soft Skull Press, 2004), and Weep Not, My Wanton (Black Sparrow Press, 2002), the final book to be published by John Martin’s legendary press. She is also the author of WillieWorld (Cuz Editions 1998), a book-length poem drawn from her experiences as a New York City paramedic, which is included in the Black Sparrow collection. The first section of the poem served as the basis for the short film, Welcome to WillieWorld, directed by Scott Saunders, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2001.
For ten years Maggie was the guitarist/songwriter for the now defunct New York band Homer Erotic (Homerica the Beautiful, Depth of Field records, 1999), and she recorded a CD of poetry and music with composer Andy Teirstein (Welcome to WillieWorld, Animal Stone Productions, 2001). She is the recipient of a 2001 National Endowment for the Arts Literature fellowship in poetry, and in 1999 was awarded the Bronx Writer’s Center Chapter One Award for a section of the novel Skels. She has been awarded residencies at Blue Mountain Center, MacDowell Colony, Jentel Artist Residency Program, Hedgebrook, and the Tyrone Guthrie Center in Ireland.
She recently completed a screenplay, The First Strange Adventure of The Bird, with writing partner Felicity Seidel, and is working on an illustrated book, In The Dust Zone, with artist Scott Gillis. In addition, she is doing a series of multimedia projects with visual artist Jadina Lilien as part of the downtownbaby group.
Maggie has worked for many years as a 911 paramedic in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen district and is presently employed as a professional hypnotist. She also works for the organization Kids Kicking Cancer as a martial arts health care specialist working with children in hospitals.