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Michael Gizzi was born on 1949, is an American poet. Discover Michael Gizzi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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1949

Michael Gizzi was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1949, to Carolyn and Anthony Gizzi.

He had two brothers, Peter and Thomas Gizzi.

1976

He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1976, and returned to Brown to earn his Master of Arts degree in English in June 1977.

There he worked alongside colleagues Bob Kessler, Jade D'Aquilarive "JD" Benson (born Denice Joan Deitch), Julia Thacker, playwright Andrea Hairston, fiction writer Alex Londres (life partner of attorney Geoffrey Bowers; see movie Philadelphia) and others, in workshops and readings.

He attended the Masters program with the support of mentor Keith Waldrop who ultimately connected him to the Burning Deck community of poets and artists.

Around this time he married his first wife, fellow artist Ippy Patterson, and his daughter, Pilar, was born.

They purchased a home in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where he worked for seven years as an arborist and tree surgeon in southeastern New England to support his family.

After receiving his AM, he moved to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts where he worked collaboratively with Clark Coolidge on a Jack Kerouac-inspired series.

This work with Coolidge cemented a long-lasting friendship in work and in life.

1990

In the early 1990s, Gizzi began teaching English and creative writing at Lenox High School, which he did for several years.

In the late 1990s, he moved back to Providence, Rhode Island.

At this time he was married to his second wife, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) graduate and collage artist, Barbieo (Barros).

He worked as adjunct faculty and visiting professor at Roger Williams University and Brown University.

1992

An indicative reflection of these relationships is highlighted in his work as editor of Lingo magazine which functioned as a component of Hard Press from 1992–1998.

During this time he edited works from writers such as Bernadette Mayer, Jim Brodey, Merrill Gilfillan, and Trevor Winkfield.

1996

In 1996 and 2007, Gizzi was awarded the Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing.

2000

In early 2000, Gizzi collaborated with Craig Watson (whom he met for the first time in 1976 at the Waldrops' home) to open the publishing company Qua Books.

2002

Their first published work was John Ashbery's As Umbrellas Follow Rain in 2002.

2003

Their second published work was George Stanley's A Tall, Serious Girl in 2003.

In addition, he worked on outside projects as well, such as lyrics for music scores.

It was no secret that at different times in his life Michael struggled with alcoholism and depression and had periods of healing on both counts.

2005

He officially started work as an adjunct creative writing professor at Roger Williams University in 2005 and worked for three more years as a visiting professor there.

2009

Due to financial constraints, Roger Williams could not ask Gizzi back in the fall of 2009, so he worked as a visiting professor in literary arts at Brown during this time and coordinated a number of poetry readings and projects, such as the Down City Poetry Series on campus.

During this period, Gizzi established himself in literary circles as an author and editor through his connection to the Waldrops and other noted poets.

He authored over ten books of poetry, including: Bird As, Avis, Species of Intoxication, New Depths of Deadpan, My Terza Rima and No Both. Both of his wives, Ippy and Barbieo, contributed artwork for covers of his books.

His works were published by Burning Deck Press, Hard Press, and Roof, among others, and he would work as an editor for some of these companies.

2010

Michael Gizzi (1949 – September 27, 2010) was an American poet, teacher, and licensed arborist.

He spent part of his childhood living in Ohio and later lived in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, for three years of high school (10th, 11th, and 12th grade).

His parents moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but he later returned to Rhode Island as an undergraduate student at Brown University.

Michael Gizzi died Monday, September 27, 2010, in his Providence home at the age of 61.