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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. Screenplays coauthored with his late writing partner, Kass Fleisher, have reached the semifinal rounds of the Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, and Chesterfield Writer's Film Project competitions, and on three occasions have placed in the Second Round of the Austin competition.[1] Amato was the former production manager at Steerage Press, founded by Fleisher in 2011. He is Associate Professor Emeritus, having taught creative writing and literature for twenty years with the Department of English at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.[2]
Books
edit- Symptoms of a Finer Age (Viet Nam Generation and Burning Cities Press, 1994)
- Bookend: Anatomies of a Virtual Self (SUNY Press, 1997)[3]
- Finger Exorcised (BlazeVOX Books, 2006)
- Under Virga (Chax Press, 2006)
- Industrial Poetics: Demo Tracks for a Mobile Culture (University of Iowa Press, 2006)[4][5]
- Pain Plus Thyme (Factory School, 2008)
- Once an Engineer: A Song of the Salt City (SUNY Press, 2009)[6]
- Big Man with a Shovel (Steerage Press, 2011)
- Samuel Taylor's Last Night (Dalkey Archive Press, 2014)[7] [8] [9]
- Sipping Coffee @ Carmela's (Lit Fest Press, 2016)[10]
- Samuel Taylor's Hollywood Adventure (Bordighera Press, 2018)
References
edit- ^ Amato, Joe. "Joe Amato". Joe Amato. IMDbPro. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Amato, Joe. "Emeritus". Emeritus. Department of English, Illinois State University. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Muccini, Francesca M. "Fred Gardaphe. The Art of Reading Italian Americana: Italian American Culture in Review". The Free Library. Farlex. Retrieved 23 August 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 2024-01-18.
- ^ "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.