Bill Rasmovicz
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Bill Rasmovicz is an American
poet. He is author of The World in Place of Itself (Alice James Books
, 2007), a 2006 Kinereth Gensler Award winner, which also won the 2008 Sheila Motton Award from the New England Poetry Club. Publishers Weekly likened the poems to "the haunted generalities of Franz Wright and the hunted, bomb-damaged villages of Charles Simic," in its review of the book.
Rasmovicz is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts
M.F.A. in Writing Program and the Temple University
School of Pharmacy. His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Third Coast, Hotel Amerika, Nimrod, Puerto del Sol, Gulf Coast and Mid-American Review. He has served as a workshop co-leader and literary excursion leader in Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, England and Wales. Rasmovicz is a member of the Alice James Books Cooperative Board and lives in New York City.
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poet. He is author of The World in Place of Itself (Alice James Books
Alice James Books
Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington.- History and mission :...
, 2007), a 2006 Kinereth Gensler Award winner, which also won the 2008 Sheila Motton Award from the New England Poetry Club. Publishers Weekly likened the poems to "the haunted generalities of Franz Wright and the hunted, bomb-damaged villages of Charles Simic," in its review of the book.
Rasmovicz is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers four distinct graduate programs, awarding Master of Fine Arts degrees in Visual Art, Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults and Graphic Design. The student to faculty ratio at VCFA is 4-to-1.. The faculty and alumni of VCFA have won many literary awards,...
M.F.A. in Writing Program and the Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
School of Pharmacy. His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Third Coast, Hotel Amerika, Nimrod, Puerto del Sol, Gulf Coast and Mid-American Review. He has served as a workshop co-leader and literary excursion leader in Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, England and Wales. Rasmovicz is a member of the Alice James Books Cooperative Board and lives in New York City.
External links
- Video: Bill Rasmovicz Author Page > Alice James Books
- Video: Bill Rasmovicz Reading for The Stain of Poetry Reading Series > January 31, 2009
- Author Website
- Review: Publishers Weekly > Fiction Reviews: Week of 8/20/2007 > The World in Place of Itself by Bill Rasmovicz
- Review: The Comstock Review > Book and Chapbook Reviews: Comstock Review Poets > Review of The World in Place of Itself
- Poem: Third Coast > Bill Rasmovicz, The Accordian