George Wallace is Writer in Residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, first poet laureate of Suffolk County NY, and author of 26 chapbooks of poetry, including Poppin Johnny (Three Rooms Press, NYC ‘10), Burn My Heart in Wet Sand (Troubador Press, Leicester UK, ‘05) and Swimming Through Water (La-Finestra Editrice, Trento, It, ‘05). An adjunct professor with the English Department at Pace University in Manhattan, he is editor of Poetrybay, Poetryvlog, Long Island Quarterly, and co-editor of Great Weather For Media. George is a frequent visitor to the poetry scene in Cleveland, and has several chapbooks published through Green Panda and NightBallet Presses.
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Spoken word poetry by George Wallace, recorded in Cornwall, England, with The Moontones. From the CD Sky Is, available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/wallacemoontones.
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I Have Discovered a Country (by George Wallace) – video
26 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted 2000s, American, Music, Poetry, Wallace (George)
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