Sarah Gambito
Sarah Gambito is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Loves You (Persea Books, 2019), Delivered (Persea Books, 2009), and Matadora (Alice James Books, 2004). Her first collection, Matadora (Alice James Books, 2004), was a New England/New York Award winner and won the 2005 Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Gambito earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her M.F.A. from Brown University.
She is an assistant professor of English and director of creative writing at Fordham University. She is also co-founder, with Joseph Legaspi, of Kundiman (nonprofit organization), which serves emerging Asian American poets, and she lives in New York City.[3]
Gambito's poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including The Iowa Review, The Antioch Review, The New Republic, Quarterly West, Fence, and in anthologies including From the Fishouse (Persea Books, 2009).[3]
Awards
[edit | edit source]Gambito's honors include a Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers, and grants and fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Urban Artists Initiative,[4] and a MacDowell Colony Fellowship.[5]
Works
[edit | edit source]- Matadora, Alice James Books, 2004 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Alice James Books > Sarah Gambito Author Page Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Persea Books > Our Books Page Archived 2009-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b From the Fishouse > Sarah Gambito Bio Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Author Website > Sarah Gambito[permanent dead link]
- ^ MacDowell Colony Recent Fellows > Sarah Gambito Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit | edit source]- Audio: Sarah Gambito Reading for From the Fishouse
- Audio: WNYC 93.9 Radio > Sarah Gambito: Poet, Mentor and Teacher: Hear her read her poems > WNYC News > NEW York, NY April 1, 2008 Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Author Page: Sarah Gambito > Persea Books
- Author Page: Sarah Gambito > Alice James Books
- Faculty Bio: Fordham University English Department Faculty > Sarah Gambito
- Kundiman Website Archived 2009-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
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