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Biography
Mary Azrael (librettist) is the author of three books of poems -- Victorians, Riddles for a Naked Sailor, and Black Windows, created for the Smith College Rare Book Collection. Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Harpers, Chelsea, Harpers, Poet Lore, Poetry Daily, and many other journals. She is the founding co-editor of Passager Books and co-edits Passager, a national literary journal with a focus on older writers. She was a Maryland State Arts Council Poet in the Schools, and has taught writing at the Peabody Conservatory, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and Western Maryland College. She teaches poetry writing in the Odyssey program at Johns Hopkins University. Azrael collaborated with composer Janice Hamer on the libretto of an award-winning choral work, "On Paper Bridges," based on a Yiddish legend. Her poem "Loving the Aliens" was set to music and performed by composer Chris Mandra for The Synesthesia Project at the American Visionary Art Museum. Her "Three Riddles" (Boosey and Hawkes) were set for children's chorus by Betty Bertaux. She created a sound poem for "Themorus," a kinetic sculpture by Kevin Labadie. (courtesy of American Opera Projects)
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