Joe Weil
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Joe Weil (born March 24, 1958) is an American poet renowned for his humor, story telling and eloquence. He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate creative writing classes at SUNY Binghamton College.
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[edit] Life
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, next to the Exxon Oil refinery. Joe Weil enrolled at Rutgers University where he studied under the novelist Jane Bernstein. In high school, Joe Weil excelled at making money for writing essays for fellow classmates on the poetry of John Donne and Christopher Marlowe. While doing so, he discovered much to his surprise, that he actually liked poetry. His first ambition was to be a composer. To this end he took up the study of composition and music theory.
Weil is a Geraldine-R-Dodge-Poet-In-The- Schools and a lecturer in poetry and fiction at SUNY, Binghamton.
[edit] Works
15 Cinquains for a Rainy Day
I've Seen the Light
Ode to Elizabeth & Other Poems
In Praise We Enter
A Portable Winter
The Pursuit of Happiness
[edit] Bibliography
Paterson Literary Review
Black Swan Review
Big Hammer
Arbella
Ball Peen
Stelton Review
Palanquin Press
Red Brick Review
Identity Lessons
Body Parts
[edit] External links
http://www.echonyc.com/~poets/vol8/Weil4.html
http://www.wnet.org/foolingwithwords/Pweil_top.html
