ABOUT

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Frank Paino holds a BA in English from Baldwin Wallace University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Vermont College low-residency writing program. While studying at Vermont, he had the privilege of working with poets Richard Jackson, Mark Doty, Lynda Hull and David Wojahn. Following graduation, he eschewed a teaching career in favor of a non-academic position at a university where he continues to work to this day.
 
Frank's volumes of poetry are:
Dark Octaves (LongLeaf Press, 2025)
Pietà (chapbook) (Jacar Press, 2024)
Obscura (Orison Books, 2020)
Out of Eden  (Cleveland State University Press, 1997)
The Rapture of Matter (Cleveland State University Press, 1991)

He has received a number of awards for his work, including a 2016 Individual Excellence Award from The Ohio Arts Council, a Pushcart Prize and The Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature.

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