George Quasha

Poet

Barrytown, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Poet, artist, musician, writer working across mediums in exploring a principle in common--the axial principle.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
In|filtration: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry from the Hudson River Valley (Station Hill Press, 2015)
,
An Active Anthology (Sumac Press, 1974)
,
America a Prophecy: A New Reading of American Poetry from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present (Random House, 1973)
,
Open Poetry: Four Anthologies of Expanded Poems (Simon & Schuster, 1973)
Books:
Glossodelia Attract (preverbs) (Station Hill Press, 2015)
,
The Daimon of the Moment (preverbs) (Talisman House Publications, 2015)
,
Things Done for Themselves (preverbs) (Marsh Hawk Press, 2015)
,
Verbal Paradise (preverbs) (Zasterle Press, 2011)
,
Axial Stones: An Art of Precarious Balance (North Atlantic Books, 2006)
,
Ainu Dreams (Station Hill Press, 1999)
,
Giving the Lily Back Her Hands (Station Hill Press, 1979)
,
Somapoetics (Book One) (Sumac Press, 1973)
,
Five Blind Men (Sumac Press, 1969)
Chapbooks:
Speaking Animate (preverbs) (Station Hill Press, 2014)
,
Scorned Beauty Comes Up From Behind (preverbs) (Station Hill Press, 2012)
Journals:
Alcheringa
,
Jacket2
,
Marsh Hawk Review
,
Poetry Chicago
,
Sixpack
,
Sumac
,
Talisman
Prizes won: 

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
White Plains
Raised in: 
Miami, FL
Florida
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Last update: Apr 25, 2017