- Some of his poems are in the anthology "Ukrainian-American Poets Respond".
- Graduated from Columbia University.
- Of Ukrainian ancestry.
- In 1988 he was instrumental in the re-opening of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
- Directed plays at the New York Poets Theatre.
- Founded the Bowery Poetry Club in 2001.
- Founded the spoken word record label Mouth Almighty in collaboration with Mercury Records.
- Taught at the New School, Bard College and Princeton University.
- Taught in kindergartens and high schools for the CETA Artists Project.
- In 1976 he co-founded the NYC Poetry Calendar with Sara Miles and Susie Timmons.
- Co-founder of the Woods Hole Theatre Company in Cape Cod.
- Worked at the Whole Earth Bookstore in Chicago.
- His first poem "Grandmothers" was published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1969.
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