Sam Pereira is an American poet from

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. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from

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(1971) and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the

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(1975), where he was a student in the

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. His books include: ''The Marriage of the Portuguese'' (L'Epervier Press, 1978), ''Brittle Water'' (Abattoir Editions/Penumbra Press,

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, 1987), and ''A Cafe in Boca'', released in 2007 by Tebot Bach. An expanded edition of his first book was published in April 2012 by Tagus Press at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. ''Dusting on Sunday'' (Tebot Bach) was released in December 2012. In 2015, ''Bad Angels'' (Nine Mile Press) was published, and is, among other things, a poetic look at the years Pereira was a student in the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. In December, 2020, Nine Mile Press published Pereira's newest collection of poems, ''True North and Untrue You'', which is his seventh book. Work of his has also appeared in several anthologies of contemporary American poetry in recent decades, among them: ''Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets'' (Silver Skates, 1987), ''The Body Electric'' ( W. W. Norton, 2000), and ''How Much Earth: The Fresno Poets'' (Heyday/Roundhouse Press, 2001). His poems have been included in numerous magazines as well, among them, '' Alaska Quarterly Review'', ''

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'', Connotation Press and '' Blackbird''. Pereira was a Language Arts Teacher at Los Banos Junior High School until he retired in 2019. He currently resides in Los Banos, California.

References

External links

Sam Pereira's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Sam Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American people of Portuguese descent American male poets Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni People from Los Banos, California