Person Detail: George Drew
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| Full Name: George Drew | ||
| Biography: George Drew was born in Mississippi and raised there and in New York State. His poetry has been published widely in such journals as Antioch Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Hollins Critic, Mississippi Review, Poetry Northwest, Quarterly West, The Quarterly, Salmagundi, The Southern Poetry Review, The Texas Review, Vermont Literary Review, Yankee, and many others. Drew's work has also been anthologized, most recently in North Country (Greenfield Review Press), The Anthology of Magazine Verse & American Poetry, and Summer Shade: A Collection of Modern American Poetry (The Quill Press/The Cloverdale Foundation---Michigan). Drew was the winner of the 2003 Paumanok Poetry Award, was a fellow at Vermont Studio Center, and has done a guest poet stint for one of the conferences at The Frost Place. Drew lives with his wife and two children in Poestenkill, NY. TITLE OF BOOKS: Drew's first collection, Toads in a Poisoned Tank, ISBN 0-918092-66-3, was published in 1986; his second, a chapbook entitled So Many Bones (Poems of Russia), is a bilingual collection published in 1997. PUBLISHERS: Tamarack Editions (now defunct); Rarus Press---Tula, Russia. |
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| Category: | N.Y.S. | |
| Travel Range: | anywhere in NY and in the New England and mid-Atlantic regions. | |
| Transportation: | Car or public transportation if necessary | |
| Dates Available: | writer is available any time | |
| Fees: | negotiable but absolute minimum fee is $100-$150 plus travel, lodging, and meals | |
| Contact Information: |
NY Email: drewgeo@hvcc.edu |
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| Year: 1986 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Toads in a Poisoned Tank (Pub: Tamarack Editions ISBN: ) Poetry. |
| Year: 1997 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County So Many Bones (Pub: Rarus Press ISBN: ) This is a bilingual chapbook published in Russia. |
| Year: 2006 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Horse's Name was Physics (Pub: Turning Point (an imprint of WordTech Communications). ISBN: ) Poems. |
| Year: ? | Event: RESIDENCE |
Rensselaer County Drew lives with his wife and two children in Poestenkill, NY. |
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