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Gary Corseri [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Washington, DC
District Of Columbia US
Email: 
gary_corseri@comcast.net
Bio: 

In spite of numerous assaults upon it, I have maintained my integrity to speak the truth as I have understood it, to seek new knowledge, and to deal honestly and fairly with others. I have been faithful to my Muse for some 60 years, listening to faint promptings since age 8, following those paths which would bring me closer to communion.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York, Miami Beach, Gainesville (Florida), NY
New York
Prizes won: 

Various, including: The Stephen Vincent Benet Narrative Poem Prize, Florida Poetry Prize, Georgia Poetry Society Chapbook Contest, Phi Beta Kappa, a scholarship to Harvard, a fellowship to Florida State University (leading to a Ph.D. in English).

What I'm reading now: 
The Twentieth Century by Howard Zinn
Poetics by Aristotle
Parallel Lives by Phyllis George
Peace Plays by Galtung, Rajan, Udayakumar
Summer in the Shadow of Byron by Andrew McConnell Stott
Identifies as: 
Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with: 
Any
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