Gary Metras

Author's Bio

Readings include: Sarah Lawrence College, Kent St. Univ., U. of Detroit, Assumption Col., Grolier Bookshop, Newton (MA) Arts Ctr., UMass-Amherst. Editor and printer of Adastra Press (profiled in P&W- -Sept.-Oct 2008). Workshops include: NH Writers Guild, Walloon (MI) Writers Retreat, Mt. Holyoke Col.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Two Bloods (Split Oak Press, 2010), Francis d'Assisi 2008 (Finishing Line Press, 2008), Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2007), Until There Is Nothing Left (Ridgeway Press, 2003), Seagull Beach (Adastra Press, 1995)

Journals:

North Dakota Quarterly, Poetry, Poetry East, Rosebud

Prizes:

Mass. Fellowship in Poetry (1985)

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

The Dance Most of All by Jack Gilbert, For the Sake of the Light by Tom Sexton, Little Things by Harry Smith, The Autobiography of Donovan by Donovan Leitch

Favorite Books:

The Book of Nightmares

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Listing last updated: June 9, 2011

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Caucasian

Prefers to work with:

Teachers, Teenagers

Born in:

Holyoke, MA

Raised in:

Chicopee, MA