John FitzGerald

Poet

CA
California US
Email: 
[email protected]

Author's Bio

John FitzGerald is a poet, writer, editor, and attorney for the disabled in Los Angeles. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Ireland, he attended the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, where he was editor of the Law Review. The recipient of the 2022 Naji Naaman Literary Prize, he is the author of four books, more recently Favorite Bedtime Stories (Salmon Poetry, 2014), finalist for the Julie Suk Book Award, and The Mind (Salmon Poetry, 2011) semifinalist for the Alice James Book Award. Other works include Primate and the non-fiction For All I Know.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Days of Clear Light (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2021)
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Pratik: Celebrating Baudelaire 200 Years (Nirala Publications, 2021)
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Pratik: The Ghosts of Paradise - Special Los Angeles Double Issue (Nirala Publications, 2021)
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The Plume Anthology of Poetry 6 (MadHat Press, 2018)
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The Plume Anthology of Poetry 5 (MadHat Press, 2017)
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Even the Daybreak: 35 Years of Salmon Poetry (Salmon Poetry, 2016)
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Dead and Undead Poems: Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires and Devils (Knopf, 2015)
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Human and Inhuman Monstrous Poems (Everyman, 2015)
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Rubicon: Words and Art inspired by Oscar Wilde's Profundis (Sybaritic Press, 2015)
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Van Gogh's Ear - Volume 9 (The Original Van Gogh's Ear) (French Connection Press, 2015)
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Love's Peripateias (New Visionary Press Cooperative, 2014)
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Love’s Peripateias (New Visionary Press Cooperative, 2014)
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From the Four-Chambered Heart: In Tribute to Anais Nin (Sybaritic Press, 2013)
,
Dogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2011)
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Poetry: Reading it, Writing it, Publishing it (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2009)
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Illuminations (Celestial Arts an imprint of Ten Speed Pres, 2006)
Books:
Favorite Bedtime Stories (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2014)
,
The Mind (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2011)
,
Telling Time by the Shadows (WordTech Editions, 2008)
,
The Book on Social Security Disability (People With Disabilities Press, 2008)
,
Spring Water (WordTech Editions, 2005)
Journals:
Askew Poetry
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Barnwood Poetry Journal
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California Poetry Calendar
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California State Poetry Quarterly
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Cobalt Review
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Creative Process
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december
,
Edgar Allan Poet
,
from the fishouse
,
Fulcrum
,
Lascaux Review
,
Last Syllable
,
Levure Litteraire
,
Life and Legends
,
Live Encounters
,
Los Angeles Review
,
Mad Hatters' Review
,
MadHat Lit
,
Margie
,
Mediterranean Poetry
,
Plume
,
Poetic Diversity
,
Saint Julian Press
,
Speechless the Magazine
,
Spillway
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Taos Journal of Poetry & Art
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The American Journal of Poetry
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The Blue Max Review
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The Enchanting Verses Literary Review
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The Original Van Gogh’s Ear Anthology
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The Passionate Transitory
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The Toronto Quarterly
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The Warwick Review
,
Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature
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Truck
,
World Literature Today
,
World Poets Magazine
,
Writer's Digest
Prizes won: 

Turning Point Books Prize selection for Spring Water in 2005; The Gittelson Award for the best Law Review article written by a student in 1995-1996; The American Jurisprudence and the Corpus Juris Secundum Awards for contracts in 1993-1994; Three legal writing Essay Scholarships in 1993-94, 1995–96, 1996–97

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
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Last update: Oct 15, 2026