Sarah Gambito is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three collections of poetry, ''Loves You'' (Persea Books, 2019), ''Delivered'' (Persea Books, 2009), and ''Matadora'' (Alice James Books, 2004). Her first collection, ''Matadora'' (

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, 2004), was a New England/New York Award winner and won the 2005 Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry.

Career

Gambito earned her B.A. from the

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and her M.F.A. from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. She is an assistant professor of English and director of creative writing at

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. She is also co-founder, with Joseph Legaspi, of

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, which serves emerging Asian American poets, and she lives in New York City.From the Fishouse > Sarah Gambito Bio
Gambito's poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Quarterly West ''Quarterly West'' is an American literary magazine based at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Stories that have appeared in ''Quarterly West'' have been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, The Best American Short Stories and the O. Henr ...

'', ''

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'', and in anthologies including ''From the Fishouse'' (Persea Books, 2009).

Awards

Gambito's honors include a

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Writers for Writers Award from ''Poets & Writers'', and grants and fellowships from the

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, Urban Artists Initiative, and a

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Fellowship.MacDowell Colony Recent Fellows > Sarah Gambito

Works

* ''Matadora'', Alice James Books, 2004 * ''Delivered: Poems'', Persea, 2009 * ''Loves You: Poems'', Persea, 2019,

References

External links

Audio: Sarah Gambito Reading for From the Fishouse

Audio: WNYC 93.9 Radio > ''Sarah Gambito: Poet, Mentor and Teacher: Hear her read her poems'' > WNYC News > NEW York, NY April 1, 2008

Author Page: Sarah Gambito > Persea Books

Faculty Bio: Fordham University English Department Faculty > Sarah Gambito

Kundiman Website
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