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Gina L. Franco, is an American poet, and educator. She teaches English at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, since 2003.

Biography

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Gina Franco was born and raised in CliftonMorenci in Greenlee County, Arizona.[1][2] She graduated with degrees from Smith College (BA 1997) in Northampton, Massachusetts,[3] and from Cornell University (MA, MFA, PhD) in Ithaca, New York.[1]

Some of the work she is known[1] for is A Best of Fence: the First Nine Years, The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry, as well as the anthology, Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing.

Bibliography

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  • Franco, Gina L. (2004). The Keepsake Storm: Poems by Gina Franco. Camino del Sol Series. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 9780816523290.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gina Franco". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  2. ^ Chuirazzi, Sara; Barnum, Daniel (Winter 2016). "An Interview with Gina Franco". West Branch Wired (interview). Bucknell University. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  3. ^ "Gina Franco '97". Smith College. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  4. ^ Kitchen, Judith (August 11, 2016). "Grouching Toward Bethlehem: A Look at First Books (on The Book of Funnels by Christian Hawkey; The Chronic Liar Buys a Canary by Elizabeth Edwards; The Keepsake Storm by Gina Franco; Sea of Faith by John Brehm; Beautiful Trouble by Amy Fleury; and In the Ghost-House Acquainted by Kevin Goodan)". The Georgia Review (review). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  5. ^ "Betsy's Bookshelf: The Keepsake Storm, Gina Franco, University of Arizona Press". Midwest Book Review (review).
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