Frank Giampietro is an American poet. He is interim director of the

Cleveland State University Poetry Center The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is a literary small press and poetry outreach organization in Cleveland, Ohio, operated under the auspices of the English Department at Cleveland State University. It publishes original works of poetry b ...

, visiting assistant professor of poetry at

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, and the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Program ( NEOMFA) program. He is author of ''Begin Anywhere'' (

Alice James Books Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington. History and mission "Alice James Books was founded as a co-operative press in Cambridge, MA in 19 ...

, 2008). He was the 2010-2012 resident scholar at ''

The Southern Review ''The Southern Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established by Robert Penn Warren in 1935 at the behest of Charles W. Pipkin and funded by Huey Long as a part of his investment in Louisiana State University. It publishes fiction ...

'' and has had poems, book reviews, and nonfiction published in many literary journals and magazines including ''32 Poems'', ''Cimarron Review'' ''Columbia Poetry Review'', ''CutBank'', ''Exquisite Corpse'', ''Fence'', ''Hayden's Ferry Review'', ''Ploughshares'', ''Cimarron Review'' and ''Rain Taxi.'' His honors include a 2008 Florida Book Award (a bronze medal in poetry), a fellowship from Sewanee Writers' Conference, and a Kingsbury Fellowship from Florida State University. He is creator and editor of two literary websites, ''La Fovea'' and ''Poems by Heart. '' Giampietro earned an MA from

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, an MFA from

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, and a PhD in English from

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. He lives in Farmington, Maine with his wife, the potter, Cherie Giampietro and two children.

References

External links

Poems: ''Homestead Review'' > Spring 2003 > Two Poems by Frank Giampietro

Video: Frank Giampietro Reads ''Death by My Son'' at the Alice James Books Reading

Interview: ''Writer’s Digest'' > ''Poetic Asides'' > June 1, 2009 > ''Interview with Frank Giampietro'' by Robert Lee Brewer

* ttp://podcast.com/show/114707/The-Southeast-Review-Readings-and-Interviews/ Audio: Frank Giampietro Reading from ''Begin Anywhere''
Author’s Website

Photos: Washington College: Events , 2009 , Poet + Editor = Book: Frank Giampietro & April Ossmann
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