Maggie Estep: R.I.P.

Writer Maggie Estep died last week at age fifty. From the NY Times:

An East Village bohemian when the neighborhood contained more discarded syringes than million-dollar condos, Ms. Estep became a regular at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, one of the incubators of the slam poetry movement. Slam poetry combines aspects of a live reading, a rap battle and stand-up comedy, as performers try to win over the audience with wit, braggadocio and, occasionally, nuance.

Outside of poetry circles, she probably best known for her novel, Diary of An Emotional Idiot.