Larry Sorkin is a some-of-the-time North Carolina poet and teacher, a part-time businessman and an occasional performer of poetry with the classical music group, The Bechtler Ensemble. Together, they received the 2022 Irene Blair Honeycutt Legacy Award.

He presents workshops exploring the connections between poetry and fine arts, dance, music and depth psychology. He is a poet-in-residence at the Airy Knoll Arts Project.

Poetry didn’t come to Sorkin until his forties when he fell under the infectious influence of Robert Bly. He considers it a calling to spread the passion. He often holes up on his ridgetop overlooking the Piedmont, daydreaming into the fields and onto paper.