Timothy Gager

Poet, Fiction Writer

Dedham, MA
Massachusetts US
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Author's Bio

Bestselling Author, Timothy Gager has had 19 books of fiction and poetry published , which includes his third novel, Joe the Salamander, and his most recent book of poetry, Almost Bluing for X-Tra Whiteness. He hosted the successful Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA from 2001 to 2018, and started a weekly virtual series in 2020. He has had over 1000 works of fiction and poetry published, 19 nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His work also has been nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award, The Best of the Web, The Best Small Fictions Anthology and has been read on National Public Radio.

In 2023, Big Table Publishing published an anthology of twenty years of his selected work, with 175 pages of new material: The Best of Timothy Gager.

Timothy is the former Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, and the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review. A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts,and is employed as a social worker.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
The Best of Timothy Gager (Big Table Publishing Company, 2023)
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Joe the Salamander (Golden Antelope Press, 2022)
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Every Day There Is Something About Elephants (Big Table Publishing Company, 2018)
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Grand Slams: A Coming of Eggs Story (Big Table Publishing Company, 2016)
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The Thursday Appointments of Bill Sloan (Big Table Publishing Company, 2014)
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Treating A Sick Animal (Cervena Barva Press, 2009)
Journals: ,
Bartleby Snopes
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Freshwater
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Prick of the Spindle
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Six Sentences

Poetry

Books:
Almost Bluing for X-Tra Whiteness (Big Table Publishing Company, 2024)
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The Best of Timothy Gager (Big Table Publishing Company, 2023)
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2020 Poems (Big Table Publishing Company, 2021)
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Spreading Like Wild Flowers (Big Table Publishing Company, 2019)
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Chief Jay Strongbow is Real (Big Table Publishing Company, 2017)
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The Shutting Door (Ibbetson Street Press, 2013)
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These Poems are Not Pink Clouds (Propaganda Press, 2008)
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this is where you go when you are gone (Cervena Barva Press, 2008)
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We Needed a Night Out (Cyberwit.net, 2006)
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Short Street (Zumaya Publications, 2005)
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The Same Corner of the Bar (Ibbetson Street Press, 2004)
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Twenty-Six Pack (Dead End Street Press, 2003)
Chapbook:
Anti Social Network (Redneck Press, 2013)
Journals:
Binnacle
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Blood Orange Review
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Boston Literary Review
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Ibbetson Street
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Ibbetson Street Press, issues 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
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Ink In Thirds
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Nixes Mate Review
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Prizes won: 

Semi-Finalist Holland Prize for Fiction

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any
Born in: 
West Islip
Raised in: 
Smithtown, NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 26, 2024