Geoffrey Gatza Explained

Geoffrey C. Gatza (born 1970) is an American poet and editor and the publisher of BlazeVOX [books], an independent press based in Buffalo, New York.^[1]

Early life and education

Gatza grew up in Kenmore in Erie County, New York and attended four schools in the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District: Jane Addams Elementary School, Lindbergh Elementary School, Kenmore Middle School, and Kenmore West High School.^[2]

He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and Daemen College in Amherst, New York.^[3]

Personal life

Gatza resides in Kenmore, New York with his girlfriend Donna.^{[4] [5]}

Books

• House of Forgetting (2012)^[6]
• Secrets of My Prison House (2010)^[7]
• La Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death (2010)^[8]
• Housecat Kung Fu: Strange Poems For Wild Children (2009)^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Not So Fast Robespierre (2008)^{[12] [13]}
• E: Electron (with Deena Larsen) (2001)

The last of these books uses the periodic table of elements as the structure for a love story. As the story progresses, another "electron" of memory is added to the lives of the book's primary "elements."

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Poetry Month Feature: Geoffrey Gatza of BlazeVOX Talks About the NEA Ban on His Small Press . Shivani, Anis . Huffingtonpost.com . April 12, 2012 . May 15, 2012 .
2. Web site: PUBLISHING: Kenmore native is a poet and entrepreneur . Ed Adamczyk . Tonawanda news.com . February 24, 2008 . May 15, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201150035/http://www.tonawanda-news.com/local/x681739775/PUBLISHING-Kenmore-native-is-a-poet-and-entrepreneur . February 1, 2014 . dead .
3. Web site: Geoffrey C Gatza . US Search.com . May 17, 2012 .
4. Web site: A conversation with poet Geoffrey Gatza . https://archive.today/20120721042741/http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article40690.ece . dead . July 21, 2012 . Jane Kwiatkowski . Buffalo News . March 28, 2010 . May 15, 2012 .
5. Web site: Geoffrey Gatza . 2012-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415051946/http://artvoice.com/issues/v6n13/geoffrey_gatza . 2012-04-15 . dead .
6. https://www.scribd.com/doc/89538626/House-of-Forgetting-by-Geoffrey-Gatza-eBook House of Forgetting by Geoffrey Gatza
7. http://www.abebooks.com/9781609640002/Secrets-Prison-House-1609640004/plp Secrets of My Prison House
8. Web site: SOL: English Writing in Mexico Geoffrey Gatza: Two Poems . 2012-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020095641/http://www.solliterarymagazine.com/poetry/geoffrey-gatza-two-poems/ . 2012-10-20 . dead .
9. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6270651-housecat-kung-fu Housecat Kung Fu: Strange Poems For Wild Children
10. Web site: HOUSECAT KUNG FU by GEOFFREY GATZA . Fink, Thomas . galatearesurrection13.blogspot.com . December 21, 2009 . May 17, 2012 .
11. Web site: RAPID TRANSIT . Jeffrey Cyphers Wright . The Brooklyn Rail . May 2010 . May 17, 2012 .
12. Web site: Geoffrey Gatza . 2012-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222145334/http://ekleksographia.ahadadabooks.com/murphy/authors/geoffrey_gatza.html . 2010-12-22 . dead .
13. http://jacketmagazine.com/36/r-gatza-rb-schickling.shtml A Lisping Ignatius / The Sincere, The Flarf, and The Voice of Place: A reading of Geoffrey Gatza’s Not So Fast Robespierre