Rachel Guido deVries

Fiction Writer, Poet

Cazenovia, NY

New York US

Email:

guidogirl@aol.com

Website:

kidspeak.net

Author's Bio

I am a poet and fiction writer. REcent fiction has appeared in Ragazine, and poems are forthcoming in Voices in Italian Americana. My novel, Tender Warriots (1986, Firebrand) is still in print. A new chilren's books, Stata Ziti, Josie, and a new collection of poems for adult readers, A Woman Unknown in Her Bones, will be published in 2014 by Bordighera Books. Other books of poems include How to Sing to a Dago. (1996), Gambler's Daughter, (2001, and The Brother Inside Me (20080, all by Guernica Editions. Teeny Tiny Tino's Fishing Story, her first children's books, was published by Bordighera Books, 2008.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

The Milk of Almonds (Feminist Press at CUNY, 2002)

The Voices We Carry (Guernica Editions, 1994)

Books:

The Altar Boy of Limbo (Guernica Editions, 2007)

Gambler's Daughter (Guernica Editions, 2001)

How to Sing to a Dago (Guernica Editions, 1996)

Tender Warriors (Firebrand Books, 1986)

Journals:

Italian Americana

Paterson Literary Review

Rattle

VIA

Voices in Italian Americana

Prizes won:

NYFA in fiction, 1986
NYSCA Writer in Residence Award,1986
Teeny Tiny Tino's Fishing Story: Winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Award, 2008

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

The Interstings by Meg Wolitzer, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi, Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy, Mute Objects of Expression by Francis Ponge, Leavings by Wendell Berry

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Paterson

Raised in:

Prospect Park, NJ

New Jersey

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Last update: Oct 14, 2016