Frank Giampietro

{{short description|American poet}}

Frank Giampietro is an American poet. He is interim director of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center, visiting assistant professor of poetry at Cleveland State University, and the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Program (NEOMFA) program. He is author of Begin Anywhere (Alice James Books, 2008). He was the 2010-2012 resident scholar at The Southern Review and has had poems, book reviews, and nonfiction published in many literary journals and magazines including 32 Poems,[http://www.32poems.com/issues/ 32 Poems Poetry Magazine > Fall 2003 Contributors] Cimarron Review{{Cite web |url=http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/contributorspage.html |title=Cimarron Review > Contributors > Frank Giampietro |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012025458/http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/contributorspage.html |archive-date=2009-10-12 |url-status=dead }} Columbia Poetry Review, CutBank, Exquisite Corpse, Fence, Hayden's Ferry Review, Ploughshares,{{cite web | url=http://www.pshares.org/read/issue-detail.cfm?intIssueID=134 | title=Issues | Ploughshares }} Cimarron Review{{Cite web |url=http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/contributorspage.html |title=Cimarron Review > Contributors > Frank Giampietro |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012025458/http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/contributorspage.html |archive-date=2009-10-12 |url-status=dead }} and Rain Taxi.{{Cite web |url=http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/begin_anywhere.html |title=Alice James Books > Author Page > Frank Giampietro |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216084616/http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/begin_anywhere.html |archive-date=2008-12-16 |url-status=dead }} His honors include a 2008 Florida Book Award (a bronze medal in poetry),{{Cite web |url=http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu/2008awardwinners.php |title=The Florida Book Awards > 2008 Award Winners |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612174623/http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu/2008awardwinners.php |archive-date=2010-06-12 |url-status=dead }} a fellowship from Sewanee Writers' Conference, and a Kingsbury Fellowship from Florida State University. He is creator and editor of two literary websites, La Fovea{{Cite web |url=http://www.frankgiampietro.com/Frank_Giampietro/bio_and_contact.html |title=Author's Website > Bio and Contact Info |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022736/http://www.frankgiampietro.com/Frank_Giampietro/bio_and_contact.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }} and Poems by Heart. [http://www.poemsbyheart.org/poems_by_heart/About.html Poems by Heart > About]

Giampietro earned an MA from Washington College, an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and a PhD in English from Florida State University. He lives in Farmington, Maine with his wife, the potter, Cherie Giampietro{{cite web | url=http://www.etsy.com/shop/cdbc | title=CherieGiampietro }} and two children.{{Cite web |url=http://www.frankgiampietro.com/Frank_Giampietro/bio_and_contact.html |title=Author's Website > Bio and Contact Info |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022736/http://www.frankgiampietro.com/Frank_Giampietro/bio_and_contact.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }}