Joe Amato (poet)
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| Born | May 31, 1955 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
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| Genre | poetry, fiction, memoir |
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Joe Amato (born May 31, 1955) is an American writer and poet.
Biography
[edit]Amato was born in 1955 in Syracuse, New York.[1] He received a BS in mathematics and mechanical engineering from Syracuse University in 1976. He spent seven years working in project engineering in New York before returning to graduate school and earning a MA and Doctor of Arts in English from University at Albany in 1986 and 1989, respectively.[1] He has since authored eleven books, including a memoir and three novels, and coauthored screenplays with writing partner Kass Fleisher.[2] Amato was the former production manager at Steerage Press, founded by Fleisher in 2011.[1][better source needed] He taught creative writing and literature for twenty years at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.[1][3]
Books
[edit]- Symptoms of a Finer Age (Viet Nam Generation and Burning Cities Press, 1994)
- Bookend: Anatomies of a Virtual Self (SUNY Press, 1997)[4]
- Finger Exorcised (BlazeVOX Books, 2006)
- Under Virga (Chax Press, 2006)
- Industrial Poetics: Demo Tracks for a Mobile Culture (University of Iowa Press, 2006)[5][6]
- Pain Plus Thyme (Factory School, 2008)
- Once an Engineer: A Song of the Salt City (SUNY Press, 2009)[7]
- Big Man with a Shovel (Steerage Press, 2011)[8]
- Samuel Taylor's Last Night (Dalkey Archive Press, 2014)[9][10][11]
- Sipping Coffee @ Carmela's (Lit Fest Press, 2016)[12]
- Samuel Taylor's Hollywood Adventure (Bordighera Press, 2018)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Joe Amato". Illinois Authors. Illinois Center for the Book. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ Amato, Joe. "Joe Amato". Joe Amato. IMDbPro. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ Amato, Joe. "Emeritus". Emeritus. Department of English, Illinois State University. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ Muccini, Francesca M. "Fred Gardaphe. The Art of Reading Italian Americana: Italian American Culture in Review". The Free Library. Farlex. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ Hall, Susanne E. (2008). "Tracking the Field". Postmodern Culture. 18 (3). doi:10.1353/pmc.0.0022. ISSN 1053-1920. S2CID 144345391.
- ^ "Jacket 37, Early 2009 - Joe Amato in conversation with Chris Pusateri, 2009". jacketmagazine.com. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ "2009 INDIES Finalist - Autobiography & Memoir (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Foreword Reviews. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ Riekki, Ron (2014). "Steel Drivin' Man". American Book Review. 36 (1): 26. doi:10.1353/abr.2014.0166.
- ^ Domini, John (December 18, 2014). "'Samuel Taylor's Last Night,' a Novel by Joe Amato". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ Moraru, Christian (January 16, 2015). "A Novel at War with Itself". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ Riker, Martin (February 20, 2015). "Experimental Fiction - Samuel Taylor's Last Night". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ Cavalieri, Grace (November 2016). "Grace Notes: Grace Cavalieri Interviews Joe Amato" (PDF). Poets and Artists (#77). Retrieved August 23, 2024.
External links
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- Writers from Syracuse, New York
- 21st-century American novelists
- 20th-century American poets
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- American male novelists
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- Novelists from New York (state)
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- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
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