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Dr. Joseph (Joe) Benevento is an author and educator. He taught at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO.

Biography

Dr. Joseph Benevento was born in Queens, New York to Mary and Joseph Benevento. He was raised Catholic in a working-class family.^[1]

Benevento has served as the poetry editor for the Green Hills Literary Lantern (GHLL) since 1995.^[2]

Benevento taught at Truman State University for 40 years before retiring in 2023. ^[3]

Works

Poetry Books

1996 Holding On Warthog Press : West Orange, 1996. OCLC 37676768
2003 Willing to Believe Timberline Press : Fulton, 2003. ISBN 9780944048283, OCLC 53864025
2006 My Puerto Rican Past Ginninderra Press : Charnwood, 2006. ISBN 9781740273473, OCLC 225202518
2011 Tough Guys Don't Write: poems Finishing Line Press : Georgetown, 2011. ISBN 9781599248394, OCLC 816075586
2015 Expecting Songbirds: Selected Poems 1983-2015 Visual Artists Collective (Purple Flag Press Imprint) : Chicago, 2015. ISBN 9780944048665, OCLC 940826848
2017 After Mouthfeel Press : El Paso, 2017. ISBN 9780996724746
2019 Playground Unsolicited Press, 2019. ISBN 9781947021976
2023 The Cracker Box Poems Mouthfeel Press : Huntsville, 2023. ISBN 9781957840031, OCLC 1411051471

Novels

2003 Plumbing in Harlem Publish America : Baltimore, 2003. ISBN 9781592861781, OCLC 53865181
2005 The Odd Squad Behler Publications : Lake Forest, 2005. ISBN 9781933016139, OCLC 62276276
2008 Some of My Best Friends and Other Fictions Lewis-Clark Press, 2008.
2013 The Monsignor's Wife Moonshine Cove Publishing : Abbeville, 2013. ISBN 9781937327279, OCLC 857850743
2015 Saving St. Teresa Black Opal Books : Dallas, 2015. ISBN 9781626942554, OCLC 911399660
2020 Kiss of the Moonflower Black Opal Books : Dallas, 2020. ISBN 9781644372869, OCLC 1206367519
2023 My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son Addison & Highsmith (Imprint of HIstria Books) : Las Vegas, 2023. ISBN 9781592112012, OCLC 1330690413

Awards and honors

References

^ Bill Miller (13 May 2022). "Author Draws on Queens Roots for His Fiction And Poetry Writing". The Tablet. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "Editorial Board". Green Hills Literary Lantern. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^ Hosffman Ospino. "Joseph's perfect wife and her perfect son". Jersey Catholic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

External links

GHLL Official Site

[Author_Draws_on_Queens_Roots_for_His_Fiction_And_Poetry_Writing-1] Bill Miller (13 May 2022). "Author Draws on Queens Roots for His Fiction And Poetry Writing". The Tablet. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

[2] "Editorial Board". Green Hills Literary Lantern. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

[3] Hosffman Ospino. "Joseph's perfect wife and her perfect son". Jersey Catholic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

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