Frank X. Gaspar

Author of Night of a Thousand Blossoms

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Frank X. Gaspar is the author of three previous collections of poetry, The Holyoke, Mass for the Grace of a Happy Death, and A Field Guide to the Heavens (winner of the Brittingham Prize for Poetry), and a novel, Leaving Pico, which won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and the California Book show more Award for First Fiction. His work has been anthologized in Best American Poetry 1996 and 2000, among others. His many honors and awards include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pushcart Prize; and the Edgar Stanley Award and a Readers' Choice Award (both from Prairie Schooner). Born in Provincetown, MA, he now lives in southern California. show less

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Night of a Thousand Blossoms (2004) 26 copies, 1 review

Leaving Pico (1999) 14 copies

A Field Guide to the Heavens (Brittingham Prize in Poetry) (1999) 13 copies

Mass for the Grace of a Happy Death: 1994 Anhinga Prize for Poetry (1994) 8 copies

Stealing Fatima (2009) 8 copies

Late Rapturous (2012) 7 copies

The Holyoke (1988) 7 copies

The Poems of Renata Ferreira (2020) 5 copies

A Field Guide to the Heavens (Volume 15) (Wisconsin Poetry Series) 2 copies

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The Best American Poetry 2000 (2000) — Contributor — 218 copies

The Best American Poetry 1996 (1996) — Contributor — 184 copies, 1 review

A Manner of Being: Writers on Their Mentors (2015) — Contributor — 14 copies

Through a Grainy Landscape (2021) — Foreword — 4 copies

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Birthdate: 1946
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): Massachusetts, USA

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Night of a Thousand Blossoms by Frank X. Gaspar

I would have liked to have rated this book higher, because I find the poems so linguistically rich. For some of the poems I could very much relate to the message, while others left me cold. Still, a worthy collection.

May 23, 2017