Carey Salerno Explained
Carey Salerno is an American poet and publisher.
Biography
She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, grew up near Lake Michigan, and earned her B.A. from Western Michigan University, and her MFA in creative writing from New England College.
Her most recent book, Tributary, (Persea Books, 2021)[1] was reviewed by Poets & Writers,[2] and Los Angeles Review of Books.[3] In their review, Publishers Weekly praised Salerno for delivering “a bold, memorable, and capacious collection.”[4] Salerno was also interviewed by Poets & Writers about her writing of the book.[5] Her first book, Shelter, (Alice James Books, 2008),[6] was the winner of a 2007 Kinereth Gensler Award.[7] Library Journal, in reviewing Shelter, wrote that “This first collection takes courage to read, but you can bet it took more courage to write, and we should be glad Salerno did it.”[8] She has had her poems published in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, New England Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Rattle (magazine), and From the Fishouse.[9]
Salerno is also the executive director of Alice James Books.[10] She has been featured or interviewed as executive director by HuffPost,[11] Poets & Writers,[12] The New York Times, and by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, when she accepted the 2021 Golden Colophon Award on behalf of Alice James Books.[13] [14] Lit from Inside: 40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books, the poetry anthology which she and Anne Marie Macari co-edited, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[15]
She lives with her husband in New Jersey.[16] [17]
Published works
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.perseabooks.com/tributary Persea Books Tributary by Carey Salerno
- https://www.pw.org/content/galleycrush_tributary Poets & Writers GalleyCrush: Tributary by Carey Salerno 1.22.21
- https://dev.lareviewofbooks.org/article/second-acts-a-second-look-at-second-books-of-poetry-pandemic-edition-part-ii/ Los Angeles Review of Books > Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Pandemic Edition, Part II By Lisa Russ Spaar October 12, 2021
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-89255-529-1 Publishers Weekly > Starred Review > Tributary by Carey Salerno > March 19, 2021
- https://www.pw.org/content/ten_questions_for_carey_salerno Poets & Writers | Ten Questions for Carey Salerno | by Staff | 04/20/21
- http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=55&ti=1,55&Search_Arg=carey%20salerno&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=100&type=quick&PID=TfSrJr6JL3G-ncAu3K9XdmSKRq&SEQ=20100118190145&SID=1 Library of Congress Online Catalog > Carey Salerno
- http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/Opportunities/PastAwardWinners.html Alice James Books > Past Winners
- http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6625516.html Library Journal > Arts & Humanities > January 15, 2009 > Review by Barbara Hoffert of Shelter by Carey Salerno
- http://connotationpress.com/index.php/a-poetry-congeries-with-john-hoppenthaler/september-2009/101-carey-salerno Connotation Press > Issue IV, Volume II > January 2010 > Carey Salerno: Poetry
- Web site: Alice James Books > About > Current Board Members . 2010-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100405032758/http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/About/CurrentBoardMembers.html# . 2010-04-05 . dead .
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-the-definition-of-good-writing-needs-a-transformation_b_6770584 HuffPost | Why the Definition of ‘Good Writing’ Needs a Transformation | Interview by Janice Sands | April 29, 2015
- https://www.pw.org/agents_editors_recommend/carey_salerno_of_alice_james_books Poets & Writers | Feature | Carey Salerno of Alice James Books Recommends | 06/11/20
- https://www.clmp.org/news/award-spotlight-alice-james-books/ CLMP | News | Award Spotlight: Alice James Books | Interview with Carey Salerno | October 6, 2021
- https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/poetry-profiles-alice-james-books/ The New York Times | Arts Beat | Poetry Profiles: Alice James Books by Dana Jennings | March 26, 2014
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-882295-96-8 Publishers Weekly | Starred Review | 40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books edited by Anne Marie Macari and Carey Salerno | 11/26/2012
- https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/backlist/shelter Alice James Books > Titles > Shelter by Carey Salerno
- http://www.careysalerno.com/ Carey Salerno’s Website > About Carey
- https://www.perseabooks.com/tributary Persea Books Tributary by Carey Salerno
