Barry Silesky

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Barry Silesky (born 1949) is a Minneapolis-native poet, biographer, and non-fiction writer. He moved to Chicago where he studied for a BA from Northwestern University and an MA from the University of Illinois. [1] He is the author of a collection of poetry, biographies, and prose, such as The New Tenants, One Thing That Can Save Us, This Disease: Poems, Ferlinghetti: The Artist in His Time, and John Gardner, Literary Outlaw. He was the founding editor of ACM ( Another Chicago Magazine ) and previously taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago. [1] He is widely held in libraries worldwide. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Silesky, Barry". worldcat.org. Retrieved August 22, 2016.