Frank Miele

Poet

Kalispell, MT
Montana US

Author's Bio

Frank Miele was born in Waldwick, NJ, grew up in Stony Point, NY, and attended Tulane University in New Orleans, but has lived in Montana since 1984. In the half century after attending graduate writing programs (but not graduating!) at the University of Montana and the University of Arizona, he dedicated his writing career to journalism, while keeping a hand in poetry and fiction. All writing done with love is valuable. He has been published in Kansas Quarterly, Northwest Review, Whitefish Review, Plainsongs and Poet & Critic, among others. He was a founding editor of The Sonora Review.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Connecticut River Review
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Embers
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Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review
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Heaven Bone
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Jeopardy
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Kansas Quarterly
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Plainsongs
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Poet & Critic
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Poetry Now
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Poets On
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Trestle Creek Review
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Prizes won: 

2005, Amy Writing Awards finalist ($1,000), for essay "The Parable of the Woman Who Was Taken Hostage"

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Robert Creeley, Mark Strand, Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, John Berryman, Theodore Roethke, Richard Hugo, TS Eliot, John Donne, Will Shakespeare, the guy who wrote the Bible.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Waldwick, NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Stony Point, NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 29, 2026