Bill Garvey

Poet

Toronto , ON

Canada

Ontario CA

Email:

billgarvey55@gmail.com

RSS feed:

billgarveypoet.blogspot.com/

Author's Bio

I'm grateful to these journals for accepting and publishing my work: The Queen's Quarterly, The Marrow, Rattle, One Art, Connecticut River Review, San Antonio Review, Concho River Review, New Verse News, Cimarron Review, The New Quarterly, Thimble Lit Review, Eunoia Review, Pulsebeat, DarkWinter Literary, Nixes Mate Review, Blank Spaces, Rat's Ass Review, Live Nude Poems, Amethyst, Aethelon, SQUID Lit and others.

A full-length collection, The basement on Biella, was published in 2023 by DarkWinter Press. A chapbook, The burden of angels, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2007.

I am a dual citizen of the USA and Canada. I live in Toronto and Nova Scotia with my wife, Jean.

Education:

New England College MFA

Publications & Prizes

Book:

The basement on Biella (DarkWinter Press, 2023)

Chapbook:

The burden of angels (Finishing Line Press, 2007)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

James Tate, Galway Kinnell, Elizabeth Bishop, Mark Strand, Mary Oliver, Maxine Kumin.........

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Canadian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Springfield, MA

Massachusetts

Raised in:

Springfield, MA

Massachusetts

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Last update: Oct 12, 2025