11 Facts About Peter Gizzi

Peter Gizzi attended New York University, Brown University and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Peter Gizzi spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Peter Gizzi has said that he "internalized the hierarchy of music over words as a kid at Catholic mass, where the liturgy was often in Latin".

Peter Gizzi picked up a copy and read the manifestos.

Peter Gizzi has taught at Brown University and the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Peter Gizzi is on the contributing editorial board to the literary journal Conjunctions.

Peter Gizzi is the brother of deceased poet Michael Gizzi.

In 1992 Peter Gizzi published his first full-length collection, "Periplum" which won praise from critics.

Peter Gizzi has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, The Foundation of French Literature at Royaumont, Un Bureau Sur L'Atlantique, and the Centre International de Poesie Marseille.

Peter Gizzi has received fellowships from The Fund For Poetry, The Rex Foundation, The Howard Foundation, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award, and The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Peter Gizzi has twice held the position of Poet-in-Residence in the English Faculty of the University of Cambridge.