Gerald Costanzo

Poet

Pittsburgh, PA

Pennsylvania US

Author's Bio

Gerald Costanzo was educated at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, and has been a professor at Carnegie Mellon University since 1970. He founded Carnegie Mellon University Press and its Poetry Series, and has written and edited ten books of poetry.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Twelve Women (editor) (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2014)

American Poetry: The Next Generation (editor with Jim Daniels) (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000)

The Devins Award Anthology of Poetry (editor) (University of Missouri Press, 1998)

Books:

Great Disguise (Aan, 2000)

Nobody Lives on Arthur Godfrey Boulevard (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1993)

Journals:

American Poetry Review

Georgia Review

North American Review

Ohio Review

Ploughshares

The Nation

Prizes won:

The Devins Award for Poetry;
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Born in:

Portland

Raised in:

Portland, OR

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Last update: Oct 13, 2016