The Poet and the Poem
2024-25 Series

Featured Mike Maggio

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Mike Maggio's publication credits include fiction, poetry, travel and reviews in many local, national and international publications including Potomac Review, The L.A. Weekly, The Washington CityPaper, and The Washington Independent Review of Books. His full-length publications include a novel, The Wizard and the White House (Little Feather Books, 2014), a novella, The Appointment (Vine Leaves Press, 2017), and a collection of short stories, Letters from Inside (Vine Leaves Press, 2019). His latest collection of poetry, Let's Call It Paradise, was released by San Francisco Bay Press in 2022 and won the International Book Award for Contemporary Poetry in 2023. A Brief Gazelle: Poems of Love and Grief will be published this year by San Francisco Bay Press and his novel, Woman in the Abbey, a gothic tale, will be released by Vine Leaves Press in 2025. His web site is www.mikemaggio.net.

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