Colin Sargent

Colin Sargent is an American author and playwright.^[1]

Colin was born in Metro Detroit, on March 31st. A 1977 graduate of the United States Naval Academy,^[1] Sargent edited the Navy's Approach Magazine before becoming founding editor and publisher of Portland Magazine, "Maine's City Magazine," also known as Portland Monthly, in Portland, Maine, in 1985.

Winner of a Maine Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature presented by the Maine Arts Commission, Sargent is a member of the board of trustees of Maine Reads, the statewide literacy organization led by Maine First Lady Karen Baldacci. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast MFA Writing Program. His play "100 Percent American Girl," about the imagined return of World War II radio propagandist Axis Sally (a.k.a. Mildred Sisk and Mildred Gillars) to a modern congregate care facility in her old hometown—where some retired GIs' ears prick up at the sound of her voice—was a winner at the Maine Playwrights Festival and was produced at the Maine Festival and Arts Conservatory Theater and Studio (ACTS).

His first book of poetry was Luftwaffe Snowshoes (Portsmouth Arts Center), followed by Blush and Undertow, both published by Coyote Love Press. Undertow earned Pick of the Month notice in Small Press Review. According to Poet Lore: “Reading Colin Sargent’s poetry is like opening a dark bag and having a thread leap out, then several more threads fusing to luminous bands of music, one after another, along with crazy potatoes, a phone growing like a black plant, perhaps a soda can discarded on the beach off Kennebunkport, Maine. In Undertow, his latest book, Sargent’s collocations of the magical and the mundane work together brilliantly.”

In 2008, Sargent's novel Museum of Human Beings was published by McBooks, with Publishers Weekly observing, “Playwright Sargent’s debut novel is a stylish look at the fate of Sacagawea’s baby son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau… An impressively rounded portrait of the laid-back, introspective, nomadic Baptiste, this novel will satisfy fans of American history.” According to Library Journal, "From the beginning to the novel's spellbinding conclusion, playwright and poet Sargent allows us an intimate glimpse into what could have been the heart of Jean-Baptiste. This memorable novel will captivate all who read it. Highly recommended for all public library historical fiction collections."

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Home". colinsargent.com. http://www.colinsargent.com/. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 

• "Literary Calendar December 8–14, 2008". The Washington Post. 7 December 2008. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120402651.html. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 

Further reading

• Sargent, Colin (2008). Museum of Human Beings. Ithaca: McBooks.
• Sargent, Colin (1995). Undertow. Brunswick: Coyote Love.
• Sargent, Colin (1987). Blush. Brunswick: Coyote Love.
• Portland Magazine, Sargent, Colin, ed. Portland: Sargent Publishing, Inc.
• Approach Magazine, United States Navy. Norfolk: Naval Safety Center.
• Publishers Weekly, Sara Nelson, ed. September 1, 2008. New York: Reed Business.

External links

Biography portal

• Portland Magazine
• Museum of Human Beings
• Washington Post
• Library Journal
• Around Maine
• National Museum of the American Indian

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