Maggie Estep

Margaret Ann "Maggie" Estep (March 20, 1963 – February 12, 2014) was an American writer and poet, best known for coming to prominence during the height of the spoken word and poetry slam performance rage. She published seven books and released two spoken word albums: No More Mr. Nice Girl and Love is a Dog From Hell.

Biography

Margaret Ann Estep was born in 1963 in Summit, New Jersey. As a poet, she emerged in the early 1990s when grunge was the height of fashion and her "direct, aggressive and uncompromisingly modern"<ref name="wiyf1">Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. New York City: Soft Skull Press, 66. Template:ISBN.</ref> poetry was highly accessible.

Estep appeared on Lollapalooza's third stage in 1994, and featured on MTV's Spoken Word Unplugged,<ref name="nyt1">New York Times review of Spoken Word Unplugged, writing.upenn.edu; accessed January 12, 2018.</ref> PBS's The United States of Poetry,<ref name="USOP">Template:Usurped</ref> and on Season 3 of HBO's Def Poetry. Her video for her spoken word track "Hey Baby" received moderate rotation on MTV and was highlighted on MTV's Beavis & Butt-head.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She also contributed vocals to two songs on Recoil's 1997 album Unsound Methods.<ref>[{{#ifeq: yes | yes | https://www.allmusic.com/album/r318503{{

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Estep went on to write many novels, including Diary of an Emotional Idiot, the Ruby Murphy mystery trilogy, Gargantuan, Hex and Flamethrower, and Alice Fantastic. Hex was named New York Times Notable Book for 2003.<ref name="nytnb">New York Times Notable Books, December 7, 2003.</ref> She had, for several years, been at work on The Angelmakers, a novel about 19th Century female gangsters and the founding of animal rights.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Death

Estep suffered a heart attack on February 10, 2014, at her home in Hudson, New York, and died from complications two days later in an Albany hospital, aged 50. She was survived by her mother and three half-siblings.<ref>Updated: RIP Maggie Estep, evgrieve.com; accessed January 12, 2018.</ref>

Discography

Studio albums

• No More Mr. Nice Girl (1994, NuYo/Imago)
• Love is a Dog From Hell (1997, Mouth Almighty Records/Mercury)

Compilation appearances

• Skid Row Wine, on compilation Kicks, Joy, Darkness: A Tribute to Jack Kerouac (1997)

Music videos

• "Hey Baby" (1994, dir. Mark Pellington)
• "Vicious" (1997, dir. Steve Buscemi)

Bibliography

• Diary of an Emotional Idiot: A Novel, Harmony, 1997, Template:ISBN; Counterpoint LLC, 2003, Template:ISBN
• Soft Maniacs: Stories, Simon & Schuster, 1999, Template:ISBN
• Template:Cite book; Crown Publishing Group, 10 March 2010, 978-0-307-53082-0
• Love Dance of the Mechanical Animals: Confessions, Highly Subjective Journalism, Old Rants and New Stories, Three Rivers Press, 2003, Template:ISBN
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• Template:Cite book; Akashic Books, 2013, 978-1-61775-005-2

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• "Lollapalooza Tour Diaries," a memoir in Sensitive Skin magazine