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Andrei Guruianu [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
Binghamton, NY
New York US
Bio: 

Andrei Guruianu is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Expository Writing Program at New York University where he has taught since 2011. His critical and creative works often explore such topics as memory and forgetting, the role of art and of the artist, and the ability of place to shape personal and collective histories. He holds and MA in Journalism from Iona College and a PhD in English from Binghamton University.  

Previously he has worked as editor of the international literary journal The Broome Review and the Stephen Dunn Prize in Poetry, and from 2009-2010 was selected as the first Broome Country Poet Laureate. In 2009 he also edited an anthology of Eastern-European writing titled Twenty Years After the Fall, and that same year served as guest editor of the Yellow Medicine Review. His poetry has been featured by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser in the column American Life in Poetry.

His most recent project is a new book of essays and a collective digital storytelling project titled The Afterlife of Discarded Objects: Memory and Forgetting in a Culture of Waste. More at www.theafterlifeofdiscardedobjects.com [2]

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
Romanian
Born in: 
Bucharest
Romania
Raised in: 
NY
New York
Website: 
https://www.andreiguruianu.com [3]
Education: 
Binghamton University
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/andrei_guruianu [2] http://www.theafterlifeofdiscardedobjects.com [3] https://www.andreiguruianu.com