Mark Lamoureux

Author's Bio

I am a poet and translator living in Astoria, NY. Since 2006, I have edited Cy Gist press, a micropress focusing on ekphrastic poetry. My work has appeared in print and online in numerous venues, both obscure and popular.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Devotion (Desperanto, 2013), 29 Cheeseburgers / 39 Years (Pressed Wafer, 2012), Spectre (Black Radish Books, 2010), Astrometry Orgonon (BlazeVox Books, 2008)

Chapbooks:

Berlin Poems (Cy Gist Press, 2008), Poem Stripped of Artifice (New School Chapbook Series, 2007), 29 Cheeseburgers (Pressed Wafer, 2004), City/Temple (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003)

Journals:

2nd Avenue Poetry, Agni, Big Bridge, Cannibal, Cannot Exist, Circumference, Conduit, Denver Quarterly, Dusie, EOAGH, Eratio Postmodern Poetry, Fence, Folly Magazine, Fou, Fourteen Hills, Fulcrum, GutCult, Horse Less Review, Jacket, jubilat, La Fovea, LIT, Lungfull!, Marsh Hawk Review, MiPOesias, Monkey Puzzle, Mustachioed, Otoliths, PFS Post, Ping Pong, Reconfigurations, Shampoo, Sous Rature, The Poker, Tight, Turntable & Blue Light, Unpleasant Event Schedule, wheelhouse magazine, Zafusy

Prizes:

Winner, 2007 New School Chapbooks Series for "Poem Stripped of Artifice." Finalist, 2008 Ahsahta Press Sawtooth Poetry Prize for my manuscript "Sometimes Things Seem Very Dark: Poems for Francesca Woodman."

Personal Favorites

Favorite Authors:

Hopkins, Baudelaire, Nerval, Duncan, Bunting, McKay, Stevens, Crane, Loy, Howe, Guest, Shakespeare

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Listing last updated: December 11, 2011

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

French

Born in:

Manchester, CT

Raised in:

Tolland, CT