Michael Favala Goldman (b.1966) is a poet, jazz clarinetist and translator of Danish literature. Among his seventeen translated books is Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen, which made the New York Times Best Books of the Century as book three of The Copenhagen Trilogy. Michael’s ten books of original poetry include Small Sovereign, which won the Los Angeles Book Festival in the poetry category. His work has appeared in dozens of publications including The New Yorker, Rattle, and The Harvard Review. He lives in Northampton, MA, where he has been running bi-monthly poetry critique groups since 2018. He also works individually with poets and translators to assist them in honing their craft.
Michael Favala Goldman is a jazz clarinetist who performs with his Favala Jazz Quartet and with Now's the Time Jazz Sextet. He has played at numerous venues including First Night Northampton, the Northampton Center for the Arts, and Luthier's Co-op. His repertoire draws heavily from the Swing Era, the American Songbook, and luminaries such as Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, and Benny Goodman.
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