Gabriel Spera Explained

Gabriel Spera
Occupation:	Poet
Nationality:	American
Education:	Cornell University University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MFA)

Gabriel Spera is an American poet.

Life

He graduated from Cornell University, and from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with an M.F.A.

He lives in Los Angeles.^[1]

His work appeared in Cimarron Review,^[2] Prairie Schooner,^[3] The Missouri Review,^[4]

Awards

• 2009 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship
• 2005 Dana Awards, finalist
• 2005 Dogwood Poetry Prize, finalist
• 2004 PEN USA-West Literary Book Award for Poetry
• 2003 Pushcart Prize Nomination
• 2002 National Poetry Series
• 1995 Villa Montalvo Biennial Poetry Competition, Honorable Mention
• 1991 Associated Writing Programs, Intro Award,
• 1989 Randall Jarrell Fellowship, UNC-G,

Works

• In a Field Outside the Town. Poetry . April 1999.
• Book: The Standing Wave. Harper Perennial . 2003. 978-0-06-054182-8 .
• Book: Come, go with me. University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 1991 .

Anthology

• Book: The Poetry anthology, 1912-2002: ninety years of America's most distinguished verse magazine. registration. Joseph Parisi . Stephen Young. Ivan R. Dee. 2002. 978-1-56663-468-7 .
• Book: The Best American poetry, 2000. Rita Dove . David Lehman. Scribner. 2000. 978-0-684-84281-3. registration.

External links

• "Author's website"

Notes and References

1. http://www.pw.org/content/%5Btitle%5D_4541
2. Web site: Cimarron Review Issue 160 . 2009-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100624000835/http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/Issue160_contributors.html . 2010-06-24 . dead .
3. Spera . Gabriel . All the Rage . Prairie Schooner . 2004 . 78 . 2 . 92–93 . . 10.1353/psg.2004.0097 . 72282291 .
4. Web site: TMR: Gabriel Spera . www.missourireview.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727090717/http://www.missourireview.org/content/dynamic/author_detail.php?author_id=245 . 2011-07-27.