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Joe Amato (born May 31, 1955, in Syracuse, New York, and raised in the metro area) is an American writer best known for his poetry and his work in poetics.
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| Born | May 31, 1955 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Syracuse University (BS) University at Albany, SUNY (MA, DA) |
| Genre | poetry, fiction, memoir, plays, screenplays |
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Biography
editA licensed professional engineer in New York State, Amato spent seven years in industry working in project engineering before returning to graduate school. He holds degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering from Syracuse University (B.S./B.S., 1976), and degrees in English from University at Albany (M.A., 1986, Doctor of Arts, 1989). Amato is the author of eleven books, including a memoir and three novels, and numerous essays and reviews. With his frequent writing partner, the late Kass Fleisher, he wrote several screenplays (none of which have been produced to date). From 2003 to 2023, Amato was a member of the creative writing faculty at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He's the former production manager at Steerage Press.
Books
edit- Symptoms of a Finer Age (Viet Nam Generation and Burning Cities Press, 1994)
- Bookend: Anatomies of a Virtual Self (SUNY Press, 1997)[1]
- Finger Exorcised (BlazeVOX Books, 2006)
- Under Virga (Chax Press, 2006)
- Industrial Poetics: Demo Tracks for a Mobile Culture (University of Iowa Press, 2006)[2][3]
- Pain Plus Thyme (Factory School, 2008)
- Once an Engineer: A Song of the Salt City (SUNY Press, 2009)[4]
- Big Man with a Shovel (Steerage Press, 2011)
- Samuel Taylor's Last Night (Dalkey Archive Press, 2014)[5] [6] [7]
- Sipping Coffee @ Carmela's (Lit Fest Press, 2016)[8]
- Samuel Taylor's Hollywood Adventure (Bordighera Press, 2018)
References
edit- ^ Muccini, Francesca M. "Fred Gardaphe. The Art of Reading Italian Americana: Italian American Culture in Review". The Free Library. Farlex. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Jacket 37, Early 2009 - Joe Amato in conversation with Chris Pusateri, 2009". jacketmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ Hall, Susanne E. (2008). "Tracking the Field". Postmodern Culture. 18 (3). doi:10.1353/pmc.0.0022. ISSN 1053-1920. S2CID 144345391.
- ^ "2009 INDIES Finalist - Autobiography & Memoir (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Domini, John (18 December 2014). "'Samuel Taylor's Last Night,' a Novel by Joe Amato". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Moraru, Christian (16 January 2015). "A Novel at War with Itself". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Riker, Martin (20 February 2015). "Experimental Fiction - Samuel Taylor's Last Night". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Cavalieri, Grace (November 2016). "Grace Notes: Grace Cavalieri Interviews Joe Amato" (PDF). Poets and Artists (#77). Retrieved 23 August 2024.