Geoffrey Gatza

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Geoffrey C. Gatza (born 1970) is an American editor and publisher of small poetry press BlazeVOX, which is based in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States[1] and an award-winning poet.[citation needed]

Early life and education

Gatza grew up in Kenmore, Erie County, New York and attended Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District schools: Jane Addams Elementary School, Lindbergh Elementary School, Kenmore Middle School, and Kenmore West High School.[2]

He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and Daemen College in Amherst, New York.[3]

Career

Gatza is the author of many books of poetry, including Secrets of my Prison House (2010) and Not So Fast Robespierre (2008).[4] His first compilation of poems for children, HouseCat Kung Fu: Strange Poems for Wild Children (2008) is popular.

Notable works

  • House of Forgetting (2012)[5] (It is actually two long poems, "Recipe for Water" and "The Twelve-Hour Transformation of Clare")
  • Secrets of My Prison House (2010)[6]
  • La Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death (2010)[7]
  • Housecat Kung Fu: Strange Poems For Wild Children (2009)[8][9][10]
  • Not So Fast Robespierre (2008)[11]
  • E:Electron (with Deena Larsen) (2001) This work uses the Periodic table of elements as the structure for a love story. As the story progresses, another ‘electron’ of memory is added to the lives of the ‘elements.’

Personal life

He resides in Kenmore, New York with his girlfriend Donna.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ Shivani, Anis (April 12, 2012). "National Poetry Month Feature: Geoffrey Gatza of BlazeVOX Talks About the NEA Ban on His Small Press". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 15, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Ed Adamczyk (February 24, 2008). "PUBLISHING: Kenmore native is a poet and entrepreneur". Tonawanda news.com. Retrieved May 15, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Geoffrey C Gatza". US Search.com. Retrieved May 17, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Geoffrey Gatza
  5. ↑ House of Forgetting by Geoffrey Gatza
  6. ↑ Secrets of My Prison House
  7. ↑ SOL: English Writing in Mexico Geoffrey Gatza: Two Poems
  8. ↑ Housecat Kung Fu: Strange Poems For Wild Children
  9. ↑ Fink, Thomas (December 21, 2009). "HOUSECAT KUNG FU by GEOFFREY GATZA". galatearesurrection13.blogspot.com. Retrieved May 17, 2012. 
  10. ↑ Jeffrey Cyphers Wright (May 2010). "RAPID TRANSIT". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved May 17, 2012. 
  11. ↑ A Lisping Ignatius / The Sincere, The Flarf, and The Voice of Place: A reading of Geoffrey Gatza’s Not So Fast Robespierre
  12. ↑ Jane Kwiatkowski (March 28, 2010). "A conversation with poet Geoffrey Gatza". Buffalo News. Retrieved May 15, 2012. 
  13. ↑ Geoffrey Gatza

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