Gary Metras

Poet

Easthampton, MA

Massachusetts US

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Author's Bio

Readings include: Sarah Lawrence College, Kent St. Univ., U. of Detroit, Assumption Col., Grolier Bookshop, Newton (MA) Arts Ctr., UMass-Amherst. Editor and printer of Adastra Press (profiled in P&W- -Sept.-Oct 2008). Workshops include: NH Writers Guild, Walloon (MI) Writers Retreat, Mt. Holyoke Col.

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Vanishing Points (Dos Madres Press, 2021)

River Voice II (Adastra Press, 2020)

Captive in the Here (Cervena Barva Press, 2018)

White Storm (Presa Press, 2018)

The Moon in the Pool (Presa Press, 2015)

Two Bloods (Split Oak Press, 2010)

Francis d'Assisi 2008 (Finishing Line Press, 2008)

Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2007)

Until There Is Nothing Left (Ridgeway Press, 2003)

Seagull Beach (Adastra Press, 1995)

Journals:

The Common

North Dakota Quarterly

Poetry

Poetry East

Rosebud

Prizes won:

Poet Laureate of the City of Easthamtpon, Mass. Inducted April 14, 2018

Split Oak Press Chapbook Award 2010

Mass. Fellowship in Poetry (1985)

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

The Dance Most of All by Jack Gilbert, For the Sake of the Light by Tom Sexton, Little Things by Harry Smith, The Autobiography of Donovan by Donovan Leitch

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Teachers, Teenagers

Born in:

Chicopee, MA

Massachusetts

Raised in:

Chicopee, MA

Massachusetts

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Last update: Jan 17, 2023