Richard Parisio

Poet

New Paltz, NY

New York US

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Author's Bio

Richard Parisio lives and writes in New York’s Hudson Valley. In his work as a naturalist and educator, and in his poetry, Parisio explores the intersections between human and non-human lives. His chapbook, The Owl Invites Your Silence, won the 2014 Slapering Hol Press Poetry Chapbook Award.

Education:

Cedar Crest College MFA

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:

The Owl Invites Your Silence (Slapering Hol Press, 2015)

Journals:

Common Ground Review

Spillway Magazine

The Kerf

Prizes won:

2013 Top Finalist for Sunken Garden Poetry Award

2014 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Award

2016 Stone Canoe Poetry Award

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Robinson Jeffers Czeslaw Milosz Anna Kamienska Giacomo Leopardi Charles Simic Gary Snyder Issa Robert Hass W.S. Merwin

What I'm reading now:

The South by Colm Toibin, The Life of Images by Charles Simic

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, Italian

Born in:

Brooklyn, NY

New York

Raised in:

Staten Island, NY

New York

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Last update: Apr 15, 2024