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Michael Gizzi
was born in Schenectady, New York. He received his BA and MFA from
Brown University where he studied with Keith Waldrop. Subsequently, he was
associated with the circle of poets centered around Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop's
Burning Deck Press. For seven years he worked as a tree surgeon in southeastern
New England, before moving in the early 80's to the Berkshire Hills where
he collaborated on several Kerouac-inspired projects with Clark Coolidge.
For many years he organized a series of poetry readings at Melville's Arrowhead
and Simon's Rock of Bard College. Most recently he has edited the Profile
Series for Hard Press in West Stockbridge. He lives in Lenox and is married
to the artist Barbiero Barros-Gizzi.
This is his tenth book of poetry.
Other books by Michael Gizzi:
My Grandfather's Pants, Bench Press (1973)
Carmela Bianca, Bonewhistle Press (1974)
Bird As, Burning Deck (1976)
Avis, Burning Deck (1979)
Species of Intoxication, Burning Deck (1983)
Just Like a Real Italian Kid, The Figures (1990)
Continental Harmony, Roof Books (1991)
Egyptian in hortulus, Paradigm Press (1991)
Interferon, The Figures (1995)
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