Grace Cavalieri
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Grace Cavalieri is an award-winning American poet and playwright
. She has published 15 volumes of poetry and more than 20 plays and continues to actively write and publish. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband, sculptor Kenneth Flynn. They have four grown daughters: Cynthia, Colleen, Shelley and Angela; and four grandchildren: Rachel, Elizabeth, Sean and Joseph.
She co-founded the Washington Writers Publishing House
with John McNally in 1976 and served on its editorial board from 1976 to 1982. In addition, she founded The Bunny and the Crocodile Press/Forest Woods Media Productions, Inc., a publishing house and media production company, in 1979.
As of 2008, she still owns and operates the press.
She was editor of The Montserrat Review until 2011.
She is poetry columnist for MiPOradio and on the staff of Poets and Writers magazine for MiPOesias.
She has enjoyed several state arts and humanities council awards and fellowships. She received the inaugural Columbia Award from the Folger Shakespeare Library Poetry Committee for "significant contribution to poetry."
-FM in Washington D.C. For more than 30 years, she has produced a weekly radio show entitled the "Poet and the Poem", which is heard nationally on public radio stations around the country. The show is currently produced at the Library of Congress
. In addition, she was an Associate Director of Programming at the Public Broadcasting System for five years and subsequently served as program officer of the National Endowment for the Humanities
media program from 1982 to 1988.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
. She has published 15 volumes of poetry and more than 20 plays and continues to actively write and publish. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband, sculptor Kenneth Flynn. They have four grown daughters: Cynthia, Colleen, Shelley and Angela; and four grandchildren: Rachel, Elizabeth, Sean and Joseph.
Literary career
Cavalieri has published 15 books, including 13 of poetry, and two of fiction. She has written 23 produced plays, and texts for 2 operas.She co-founded the Washington Writers Publishing House
Washington Writers Publishing House
Washington Writers' Publishing House is a cooperative, member-run, non-profit small press publishing poetry and fiction. The press was founded by Grace Cavalieri and John McNally in 1973 to publish authors who live in the Washington-Baltimore region....
with John McNally in 1976 and served on its editorial board from 1976 to 1982. In addition, she founded The Bunny and the Crocodile Press/Forest Woods Media Productions, Inc., a publishing house and media production company, in 1979.
As of 2008, she still owns and operates the press.
She was editor of The Montserrat Review until 2011.
She is poetry columnist for MiPOradio and on the staff of Poets and Writers magazine for MiPOesias.
Poetry
- 2008 - Anna Nicole: Poems (Goss183: Casa Menendez)
- 2006 - Water On The Sun: Acqua Sul Sole (translated by Maria Enrico) - (Bordighera, Inc.)
- 2004 - What I Would Do For Love (Jacaranda Press)
- 2002 - Greatest Hits, 1975-2000 (Pudding House Press)
- 2001 - Cuffed Frays and Other Works (Argonne Press)
- 1999 - Sit Down, Says Love (Argonne Hotel Press)
- 1998 - Stealthy Days (with Robert Sargent and Grace Cavalieri) (Forest Woods Media)
- 1998 - Heart on a Leash (Red Dragon Press)
- 1998 - Pinecrest Rest Haven (Word WorksWord WorksWord Works is thirty-seven year old independent literary press based in Washington, DC. The press was founded in 1974 and has published 67 titles including works by Grace Cavalieri, Fred Marchant, Donna Denizé, Christopher Bursk, Frannie Lindsay, Jay Rogoff, and Enid Shomer...
) - 1995 - Migrations : Poems with Mary Ellen Long (Book Distribution, In Support)
- 1990 - Trenton (Belle Mead Press)
- 1986 - Bliss (H. Roberts Publishing)
- 1979 - Swan Research (Word Works)
- 1976 - Body Fluids (Bunny and the Crocodile Press)
- 1975 - Why I Cannot Take a Lover - (Washington Writers Publishing HouseWashington Writers Publishing HouseWashington Writers' Publishing House is a cooperative, member-run, non-profit small press publishing poetry and fiction. The press was founded by Grace Cavalieri and John McNally in 1973 to publish authors who live in the Washington-Baltimore region....
) - 2010 - Sounds Like Something I Would Say (Goss 183: Casa Menendez)
- 2010 - Navy Wife (Goss 183: Casa Menendez)
Edited volumes
- 1997 - Cycles of the Moon Vine by Jean Emerson (Forest Woods Media Productions)
- 1992 - WPFWWPFWWPFW, an FM station at 89.3 MHz, is the Washington, DC station owned by Pacifica Radio. The station first went on the air in 1977. Aside from syndicated Pacifica programs such as Democracy Now!, much of its programming is locally produced and dedicated to jazz, blues, classic soul music and...
89.5FM Poetry Anthology: The Poet and the Poem (Bunny and the Crocodile Press) - 2009 - The Poet’s Cookbook: Recipes from Tuscany with poems from 28 American poets (translator, Sabine Pascarelli) (Bordighera Press)
- 2010 – The Poet’s Cookbook: Recipes from Germany with poems from 33 American Poets (Translator, Sabine Pascarelli) (Goethe-Institut & Forest Woods Media)
Literary awards
Cavalieri has received numerous literary awards. Highlights include:- The Pen-Syndicated Fiction Award
- The Allen GinsbergAllen GinsbergIrwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression...
Poetry Award - Bordighera Poetry Award, Paterson Poetry Prize
- The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry
- The National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
- The Corporation for Public BroadcastingCorporation for Public BroadcastingThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress, funded by the United States’ federal government to promote public broadcasting...
Silver Medal - The National Commission on Working Women
- The American Association of University WomenAmerican Association of University WomenThe American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...
- The Paterson Award for Literary Excellence
- The Dragonfly Press Award for Outstanding Literary Achievement
- The DC Poet Laureate Special Award in Poetry
- The DC Public Humanities Award
She has enjoyed several state arts and humanities council awards and fellowships. She received the inaugural Columbia Award from the Folger Shakespeare Library Poetry Committee for "significant contribution to poetry."
Education
- MA - Creative Writing & Education: Goddard University, Plainfield, VT, 1975
- BS - Education: English and History, New Jersey College at Trenton, 1954
- Post-Graduate Studies, Graduate School of English, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1975-1976
- Graduate Studies in Education, Graduate School of Education, Rollins University, Orlando, FL, 1962-1963
Radio career
Cavalieri has had a long-term connection with public radio and public radio programming. She was a founder of radio station WPFWWPFW
WPFW, an FM station at 89.3 MHz, is the Washington, DC station owned by Pacifica Radio. The station first went on the air in 1977. Aside from syndicated Pacifica programs such as Democracy Now!, much of its programming is locally produced and dedicated to jazz, blues, classic soul music and...
-FM in Washington D.C. For more than 30 years, she has produced a weekly radio show entitled the "Poet and the Poem", which is heard nationally on public radio stations around the country. The show is currently produced at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
. In addition, she was an Associate Director of Programming at the Public Broadcasting System for five years and subsequently served as program officer of the National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
media program from 1982 to 1988.