George Guida

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Spoken Word Artist

Brooklyn, NY
New York US
Email: 
gguida@citytech.cuny.edu
Website: 
georgeguida.wordpress.com
Twitter/X: 
@gguida51

Author's Bio

George Guida is the author of 13 books, including the novel The Uniform (Guernica Editions, 2024) and Bloom and the Blitz (Bright Hill Press, 2026), winner of the Bright Hill Press Chapbook Award. 

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
The Walking Amoeba: Memoirs of a Fat Kid (Bordighera Press, 2026)
,
Spectacles of Themselves: Essays in Italian American Popular Culture and Literature (Bordighera Press, 2015)
,
The Peasant and the Pen: Men, Enterprise and the Recovery of Culture in Italian American Narrative (Peter Lang Publishing, 2003)
Journals:
Foundlings Magazine
,
Tishman Review

Fiction

Books:
The Uniform: A Novel (Guernica Editions, 2024)
,
Posts from Suburbia (Encircle Publications, 2022)
,
The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times (Bordighera Press, 2011)
Journal:
J Journal: New Writing on Justice

Poetry

Anthologies:
Alongside We Travel: Contemporary Poets on Autism (NYQ Books, 2019)
,
Poet Sounds: An Anthology of Poems Inspired by the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (CityLit Press, 2019)
,
Misrepresented People: Poetic Responses to Trump's America (NYQ Books, 2018)
,
Double Kiss: Contemporary Writers on the Art of Billiards (Mammoth Books, 2016)
,
Clash by Night: An Anthology of Poems Inspired by the Clash's London Calling (CityLit Press, 2015)
,
Rabbit Ears: An Anthology of TV Poems (Poets Wear Prada, 2014)
,
New Hungers from Old: One Hundred Years of Italian American Poetry (Star Cloud Press, 2011)
,
Literature and Gender (Pearson Longman, 2010)
,
Long Island Sounds (North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2008)
,
Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana (Fordham University Press, 2008)
,
Hurricane Blues: Poems about Katrina and Rita (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2006)
Books:
New York and Other Lovers (Encircle Publications, 2020)
,
Pugilistic (WordTech Editions, 2015)
,
The Sleeping Gulf (Bordighera Press, 2015)
,
Low Italian: Poems (Bordighera Press, 2006)
Chapbook:
Bloom and the Blitz: A Poem in Eighteen Parts (Bright Hill Press, 2026)
Journals:
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
,
Alimentum
,
Aurorean
,
Barrow Street
,
Controlled Burn
,
Emrys Journal
,
First Literary Review-East
,
Florida English Journal
,
Free State Review
,
Harpur Palate
,
Hobble Creek Review
,
Inkwell
,
Little Patuxent Review
,
Long Island Quarterly
,
Maine Review
,
Mudfish
,
Paper Nautilus
,
Paterson Literary Review
,
Perihelion
,
Poetry Daily
,
Poetrybay
,
The Grief Diaries
,
The Literary Bohemian
,
The Toucan Magazine
,
Valley Voices
,
Verse Daily

Spoken Word

Performances:
The Tenement Museum (2009)
,
Bowery Poetry Club (2008)
,
National Public Radio (2008)
,
Genoa Poetry Festival (2004)
,
Snoetry ()
Prizes won: 

The Literally Speaking Short Story Competition

The Bright Hill Press Chapbook Award

Watch

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
Italian
Born in: 
Brooklyn
Raised in: 
Lynbrook, NY
New York
Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the listed writers or their representatives.
Last update: Feb 19, 2026