New York: USA

Richard Levine

"Richard Levine teaches at a junior high school that was closed by NY State in 2001. Nonetheless, the same students and teachers continue to find their way there each day, and social dysfunction and academic apathy continued to blossom.

Generally, he prefers the company of a dog or a good guitar to most people.

Levine was a semi-finalist in the recent Lyrical Recovery Poetry Competition. Last year, one of his long poems, "Snapshots from a Battle", was published as a special edition chapbook by Headwaters Press, NY. Also, in the 21st century, his poems have appeared in Big City Lit (e-zine), Comstock Review, Lucid Stone, Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, Mind The Gap, North American Review, POETZ.com, Rattapallax, Rattle, SOLO, Tamarind, Thema. In 2001, he was a finalist for the James Hearst Poetry Prize, which is sponsored by North American Review. In addition, in 2001, he was offered a Vermont Studio Center grant. In 1999, he won the half a bubble off plumb poetry contest, sponsored by the now defunct journal Eratica. That same year, he was also a semi-finalist in the Discovery/The Nation Poetry Competition, sponsored jointly by The 92nd Street Y and The Nation, and was also a semi-finalist for a New Millenium poetry award. He studied with David Ignatow and William Matthews, and considers William Stafford and Muddy Waters as his greatest influences."

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