Bill Capossere

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Rochester, NY
New York US
Email: 
billcap@mac.com
Twitter/X: 
@billcap11

Author's Bio

Bill Capossere holds an MFA from the Mt. Rainier Writing Workshop and lives in Rochester, NY where he works as an English adjunct.  His work has appeared in journals and anthologies and been recognized in the “notable essays” section of multiple Best American Essays, as well as with several Pushcart Prize nominations. Two of his full-length plays have received readings in GEVA Theatre’s Festival of New Plays, while shorter ones have been performed as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival. 

Education: 
Pacific Lutheran University, Rainier Writing Workshop MFA

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Brief Encounters (W. W. Norton & Company, 2015)
,
Man in the Moon: Essays on Fathers and Fatherhood (Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, 2014)
,
In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Non-Fiction (W. W. Norton & Company, 1996)
Journals:
Alaska Quarterly Review
,
Colorado Review
,
Cream City Review
,
Hot Metal Bridge
,
Post Road
,
Tahoma Literary Review

Fiction

Anthology:
Short Takes (W. W. Norton & Company, 2005)
Journals:
Cezanne's Carrot
,
Chautauqua
,
Flash, The International Short-short Story Magazine
,
Rosebud
,
The Wild Word

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Rochester, NY
New York
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Last update: Nov 07, 2019