- Source: Frank Giampietro
Frank Giampietro is an American poet. He is interim director of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center, visiting assistant professor of poetry at Cleveland State University, and the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Program (NEOMFA) program. He is author of Begin Anywhere (Alice James Books, 2008). He was the 2010-2012 resident scholar at The Southern Review and has had poems, book reviews, and nonfiction published in many literary journals and magazines including 32 Poems, Cimarron Review Columbia Poetry Review, CutBank, Exquisite Corpse, Fence, Hayden's Ferry Review, Ploughshares, Cimarron Review and Rain Taxi. His honors include a 2008 Florida Book Award (a bronze medal in poetry), a fellowship from Sewanee Writers' Conference, and a Kingsbury Fellowship from Florida State University. He is creator and editor of two literary websites, La Fovea and Poems by Heart.
Giampietro earned an MA from Washington College, an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and a PhD in English from Florida State University. He lives in Farmington, Maine with his wife, the potter, Cherie Giampietro and two children.
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Poems: Homestead Review > Spring 2003 > Two Poems by Frank Giampietro
Video: Frank Giampietro Reads Death by My Son at the Alice James Books Reading
Interview: Writer’s Digest > Poetic Asides > June 1, 2009 > Interview with Frank Giampietro by Robert Lee Brewer
Review: The Florida Book Review > A Review by Nick Vagnoni of Begin Anywhere by Frank Giampietro
Audio: Frank Giampietro Reading from Begin Anywhere
Author’s Website
Alice James Books > Author Page > Frank Giampietro
La Fovea Homepage
Poems by Heart Homepage
Photos: Washington College: Events | 2009 | Poet + Editor = Book: Frank Giampietro & April Ossmann Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine