Peter McNamara

Poet

Saint Petersburg, FL
Florida US
Email: 
plmcnamara@earthlink.net

Author's Bio

In addition to making poems, Peter McNamara has translated poetry of Neruda, Garcia Lorca, and Blanca Castellon. A librettist, he wrote "East River Bridge," an opera for the Broooklyn Bridge centennial, and a choral ode for victims of AIDS (for NYC's Gay Men's Chorus).

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Brink (Yeti Books, 2002)
Books:
Sojourn (St. Andrews College Press, 2006)
,
Like a Perhaps Hand (St. Andrews Press, 2000)
,
Loneliness of the Palm (St. Andrews Press, 1994)
Journals:
American Poets & Poetry
,
Asheville Poetry Review
,
Cairn
,
Center
,
Clark Street Review
,
Knockout Literary Magazine
,
Main Street Rag
,
Pembroke Magazine
,
Pine Island Journal
,
Polyphon
,
Sandhills Review
,
St. Andrews Review
,
Texas Review
Prizes won: 

Newcomb Prize, Merilh Medal, Florida Council of the Arts grants.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Place by Jorie Graham, The Tree of Meaning by Robert Bringhurst, The Apple Trees of Olema by Robert Hass, In a Beautiful Country by Kevin Prufer, Selected Poems by John Ashbery

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Irish American, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Seniors, Teenagers
Born in: 
Troy
Raised in: 
Manchester, VT
Vermont
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Last update: Sep 10, 2012