William Pruitt

Poet, Fiction Writer, Spoken Word Artist

Rochester, NY
New York US
Email: 
billpruitt4@gmail.com
Website: 
wpruitt.com
Twitter/X: 
@billpruitt48

Author's Bio

currently Assistant Editor for Narrative Magazine; recently wrote original story, completely documented, about Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony and how their lives overlapped as they came to live in Rochester, NY, and performed as storytelling at Writers and Books, Perkins Mansion (AAUW) and Bittner Street YWCA.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Book:
The Binding Dance (Cyberwit.net, 2021)
Journals:
Crack the Spine
,
Hypertext Magazine
,
Indiana Voice Journal
,
Midway Journal
,
Oyster River Pages
,
Potato Eyes
,
Sick Lit Magazine
,
Visitant

Poetry

Anthology:
Finding the Way Home: Poems of Awakening and Transformation (White Pine Press, 2010)
Books:
The Binding Dance (Cyberwit.net, 2021)
,
Bold Cities and Golden Plains (Foothills Publishing, 2002)
,
Ravine Street (White Pine Press, 1978)
Journals:
Anderbo.com
,
Aurorean
,
Blueline
,
Cape Rock
,
Cottonwood Magazine
,
Country Journal
,
Hypertext Magazine
,
Literary Juice
,
Offcourse
,
Otis Nebula
,
Ploughshares
,
Poetry Now
,
Steel Toe Review
,
Stoneboat

Spoken Word

Journal:
Literary Juice

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Zen Master Raven by Robert Aitken, How to Create a Mind by Ray Kurzweil, Aimless Love by Billy Collins, Cobb by Al Stump, The Outlaw Album by Daniel Woodrell

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
St. Louis, MO
Missouri
Raised in: 
St. Louis, MO
Missouri
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Last update: Dec 23, 2021