Joe Amato (poet)

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Joe Amato
Born	(1955-05-31) May 31, 1955 (age 70) Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Education	Syracuse University (BS) University at Albany, SUNY (MA, DA)
Genre	poetry, fiction, memoir
Website
joeamato.net

Joe Amato (born May 31, 1955) is an American writer and poet.

Biography

Amato was born in 1955 in Syracuse, New York. ^[1] He received a BS in mathematics and mechanical engineering from Syracuse University in 1976. He spent seven years working in project engineering in New York before returning to graduate school and earning a MA and Doctor of Arts in English from University at Albany in 1986 and 1989, respectively. ^[1] He has since authored eleven books, including a memoir and three novels, and coauthored screenplays with writing partner Kass Fleisher. ^[2] Amato was the former production manager at Steerage Press, founded by Fleisher in 2011. ^[2] He taught creative writing and literature for twenty years at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. ^{[1] [3]}

Books

• Symptoms of a Finer Age (Viet Nam Generation and Burning Cities Press, 1994)
• Bookend: Anatomies of a Virtual Self (SUNY Press, 1997) ^[4]
• Finger Exorcised (BlazeVOX Books, 2006)
• Under Virga (Chax Press, 2006)
• Industrial Poetics: Demo Tracks for a Mobile Culture (University of Iowa Press, 2006) ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• Pain Plus Thyme (Factory School, 2008)
• Once an Engineer: A Song of the Salt City (SUNY Press, 2009) ^[8]
• Big Man with a Shovel (Steerage Press, 2011) ^[9]
• Samuel Taylor's Last Night (Dalkey Archive Press, 2014) ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• Sipping Coffee @ Carmela's (Lit Fest Press, 2016) ^[13]
• Samuel Taylor's Hollywood Adventure (Bordighera Press, 2018)

References

1. "Joe Amato". Illinois Authors. Illinois Center for the Book. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
2. "Joe Amato". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
3. Amato, Joe. "Emeritus". Emeritus. Department of English, Illinois State University. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
4. Muccini, Francesca M. "Fred Gardaphe. The Art of Reading Italian Americana: Italian American Culture in Review". The Free Library. Farlex. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
5. Hall, Susanne E. (2008). "Tracking the Field" . Postmodern Culture. 18 (3). doi:10.1353/pmc.0.0022. ISSN   1053-1920. S2CID   144345391.
6. Wallace, Mark (2006). "Derailing the Industry (book review)". Jacket Magazine. No. 31. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
7. "Joe Amato in conversation with Chris Pusateri". Jacket Magazine. No. 37. 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
8. "2009 INDIES Finalist - Autobiography & Memoir (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
9. Riekki, Ron (2014). "Steel Drivin' Man". American Book Review. 36 (1): 26. doi:10.1353/abr.2014.0166.
10. Domini, John (December 18, 2014). "'Samuel Taylor's Last Night,' a Novel by Joe Amato". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
11. Moraru, Christian (January 16, 2015). "A Novel at War with Itself". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
12. Riker, Martin (February 20, 2015). "Experimental Fiction - Samuel Taylor's Last Night". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
13. Cavalieri, Grace (November 2016). "Grace Notes: Grace Cavalieri Interviews Joe Amato" (PDF). Poets and Artists (#77). Retrieved August 23, 2024.

External links

• Official website