Anthony Piccione (July 3, 1939 – November 18, 2001) was an American poet. Born in

Sheffield, Alabama Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Shoals metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 9,039. Sheffield is the birthplace of "country-soul pioneer" and songwriter Arth ...

, and raised on Long Island. He is author of four collections of poetry published by BOA Editions, Ltd., the Rochester, NY publishing house founded by his colleague and friend, A. Poulin, Jr. His first book, ''Anchor Dragging'', was chosen by Archibald MacLeish for BOA's ''New Poets of America'' series. His poetry also appeared in numerous literary publications including '' American Poetry Review'', '' Ohio Review'', ''

The Literary Review ''The Literary Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1957. The biannual magazine is published internationally by Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. In addition to the publication of short stories, poems, an ...

'', ''Coffee House'', and ''Web del Sol''. He earned a doctorate in English from

Ohio University Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subseq ...

in 1969 (his thesis was on the poetry and poetics of

Robert Bly Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ' ...

) and taught English language and literature and creative writing at the

State University of New York College at Brockport State University of New York Brockport (also known as SUNY Brockport or Brockport State, and previously The College at Brockport) is a public university in Brockport, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). History C ...

from 1970 until his retirement in 1995. His awards included grants from the Constance Saltonstall Foundation and the State University of New York. In 2000, he founded Upright Hall, a residence retreat for poets on his farm in the hills near

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. He was one of the first poets to support the Poets For Peace readings organized by poet Larry Jaffe and others. He also served as an unofficial poetry advisor for ''In Posse Review''. Piccione died after a brief battle with cancer on November 18, 2001. His ashes were buried in a plot close to the farm, where his daughters grew up, in Kendall, NY.

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American male poets Poets from New York (state) People from Sheffield, Alabama American writers of Italian descent Ohio University alumni People from Long Island 1939 births 2001 deaths People from Prattsburgh, New York 20th-century American poets 20th-century American male writers {{US-poet-1930s-stub