Jéanpaul Ferro (born January 26, 1967, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American writer of poetry,

novels A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself ...

, and short stories, whose works incorporate philosophical, social-political, and topical conventions. An 8-time

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

nominee, his published works include: ''All The Good Promises'' (Plowman Press, 1994), ''Becoming X'' ( BlazeVOX Books, 2008), ''You Know Too Much About Flying Saucers'' (Thumbscrew Press, 2009), ''Essendo Morti – Being Dead'' (Goldfish Press, 2009), and ''Hemispheres'' (Maverick Duck Press, 2009). Ferro's work has been published and translated in Japan, China, India, Italy, and Serbia. His work has been featured on National Public Radio Columbia Review, Emerson Review, Connecticut Review, Contemporary American Voices, The Providence Journal, Hawaii Review, and hundreds of other publications. He has also been featured in The Plaza's masterpiece series, Votobia's anthology of American writers, and on WBAR's radio poetry series in NYC. He is also a 3-time '' storySouth'' Million Writers Awardbr>
nominee and a 2-time ''Best of the Net'

nominee. He currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island.

Published works

Short fiction

* All the Good Promises, Plowman Press, 1994,

Poetry

* Becoming X, BlazeVox Books, 2008 * You Know Too Much About Flying Saucers, Thumbscrews Press, 2009 * Essendo Morti - Being Dead, Goldfish Press, 2009, * Hemispheres, Maverick Duck Press, 2009 * Jazz, Honest Publishing, 2011,

References

#Jéanpaul Ferro. Goodreads.
All the Good Promises
Amazon.com.
Essendo Morti - Being Dead
Goldfish Press.
Essendo Morti - Being Dead
Gently Read Literature.
Essendo Morti - Being Dead
Pedestal Magazine. #

Songs of Distant Earth ''The Songs of Distant Earth'' is a 1986 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, based upon his 1958 short story of the same title. He stated that it was his favourite of all his novels. Clarke also wrote a short step ...

. Gold Wake Press.
Becoming X
BlazeVox Books.

The Providence Journal, January 27, 2008.

Providence Journal, October 26, 2008.
Jazz
Jazz, April, 2011
This I Believe - Jeanpaul Ferro
National Public Radio

External links

Official website of Jéanpaul Ferro
1967 births Living people American male poets American male novelists American male short story writers American short story writers 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers {{US-poet-1960s-stub