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| Gabriel Spera | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Cornell University University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MFA) |
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Gabriel Spera is an American poet.
Life
He graduated from Cornell University, and from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with an M.F.A.
He lives in Los Angeles.
His work appeared in Cimarron Review, Prairie Schooner, The Missouri Review,
Awards
- 2009 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship
- 2005 Dana Awards, finalist
- 2005 Dogwood Poetry Prize, finalist
- 2004 PEN USA-West Literary Book Award for Poetry
- 2003 Pushcart Prize Nomination
- 2002 National Poetry Series
- 1995 Villa Montalvo Biennial Poetry Competition, Honorable Mention
- 1991 Associated Writing Programs, Intro Award,
- 1989 Randall Jarrell Fellowship, UNC-G,
Works
- "In a Field Outside the Town". Poetry. April 1999.
- The Standing Wave. Harper Perennial. 2003. ISBN 978-0-06-054182-8.
- Come, go with me. University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 1991.
Anthology
- Joseph Parisi; Stephen Young, eds. (2002). The Poetry anthology, 1912-2002: ninety years of America's most distinguished verse magazine. Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 978-1-56663-468-7.
- Rita Dove; David Lehman, eds. (2000). The Best American poetry, 2000. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-84281-3.
References
- "Gabriel Spera | Directory of Writers from Poets & Writers". www.pw.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- "Cimarron Review Issue 160". Archived from the original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- Spera, Gabriel (2004). "All the Rage". Prairie Schooner. 78 (2): 92–93. doi:10.1353/psg.2004.0097. S2CID 72282291. Project MUSE 169563.
- "TMR: Gabriel Spera". www.missourireview.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.