Richard Blanco’s work is extraordinary in its ability to tell a clear and compelling story filled with vivid imagery culled from various cultures, and in the subtle and inimitable way he suggests that no language has primacy over another. Read More
Author Peter Covino
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Peter Covino is the author of the poetry collections, The Right Place to Jump (2012) recently featured on NPR and the Huffington Post, and Cut Off the Ears of Winter(2005) both from W. Michigan University Press, New Issues.His prizes include the 2007 PEN American/ Osterweil Award for emerging poets and the Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize for his chapbook, Straight Boyfriend (2001). His co-edited volume, Essays on Italian American Literature and Culture recent appeared from Bordighera Press, CUNY (2012). Peter is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island.
