Person Detail: Richard Levine

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General Information:
Full Name: Richard Levine
Biography: Richard Levine, a retired New York City school teacher, is the author of Snapshots from a Battle (Headwaters Press), A Language Full of Wars and Songs (Pollack Press), and the forthcoming That Country’s Soul, from Finishing Line Press. An as yet unpublished manuscript has been a finalist or semi-finalist for the Ohio State Press Poetry Book Award, University of Arkansas Press Miller Williams Poetry Prize, and Bright Hill Press Poetry Competition. His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies including, BigCityLit.com; Blueline, Comstock Review; Cutthroat, Lucid Stone; Many Mountains Moving; Medicinal Purposes Literary Review; Modern Poetry, North American Review; Rattapallax; Rattle; SOLO; The Same, Thema, Washington Square, 32 Poems. Awards 2003 - Ohio State Press/ The Journal Poetry Book Award, finalist - Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award, honorable mention 2002 - Winning Writers, 2002 War Poetry Contest, finalist - BigCityLit.com chapbook contest, finalist - Lyric Recovery Poetry Festival, semi-finalist - 2001 - James Hearst Poetry Prize, finalist, North American Review 2000 - Vermont Studio Center grant 1999 - half a bubble off plumb poetry contest, first prize, Eratica - Discovery/The Nation Poetry Competition, sponsored jointly by The 92nd Street Y and The Nation, semi-finalist - New Millenium, semi-finalist.
Circuit Writer Information:
Category:	N.Y.S.
Travel Range:	Anywhere in New York State and northeast.
Transportation:	Car.
Dates Available:	I am a retired New York City school teacher.
Fees:	Negotiable, but absolute minimum is $100-$150 plus travel, lodging, & meals.
Contact Information:	Email: levblues@nyc.rr.com
Author's Timeline:
2001		(Unknown) County Snapshots from a Battle (Pub: Headwaters Press / BigCityLit. ISBN: ) Chapbook.
2004		(Unknown) County A Language Full of Wars and Songs (Pub: Pollack Press. ISBN: 0-9760521-0-5.) Chapbook. Praise for A Language Full of Wars and Songs: James Ragan, Hunger Wall: "(Levine) sings a polished tune, at times elegaic or with light playfulness, but always with intelligence flaming in it." Rhina Espaillat, Rehearsing Absence: "...these poems reach the heart immediately and refuse to leave or be still afterward..." Kim Stafford, Early Mornings: "(These) poems amaze me. I feel the air stutter, see the "rain turn to rice", feel the abrupt distillation down to "the father I am today." Thank you for this book. North American Review--these poems live "...on the edge, at the verge, the cusp, the margins of light's reach, trusting that as we sleep, all night, the lantern on the table sings." Etc...
2010		(Unknown) County That Country's Soul (Pub: Finishing Line Press. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry.