Romy Shinn Piccolella
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Poet/Mother/Freelance Writer |
| Location | Liberty, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Introduction | I live in rural north central Pennsylvania with my husband, Frank, and my three year-old son, Frankie. I graduated valedictorian from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2000 with a BA in Anthropology and English Writing, and received a MFA in poetry writing from Goddard College in 2005. I have previously published poems in "Pennsylvania English," "Miller's Pond," "American Indian Culture and Research Journal," "The Fourth River," and "Earth's Daughters," among others. a chapbook, Tether, was recently published by Pudding House. I was also a finalist in the White Eagle Coffee Store Press' Fall 2005 Chapbook Contest. I spend my days taking care of my son, letting the dog and cat in and out, reading, writing, daydreaming, visiting with my mother, and planning for the future. My future goals include publishing my work and getting a job at a local college in the field of admissions/student services. |
| Interests | Archaeology, the Last Pleistocene Epoch, Ice Age Mammals - Mega Fauna, Anthropology, Paleoindian North America, Reading and Writing Poetry, Astronomy, Animal Behavior, The Crocodile Hunter, Scrabble, Boggle, Spill and Spell, Collecting Unicorns, Collecting Thimbles, Dragonball Z, Tea, Visiting with Friends and Family, Shopping if I have Money |
| Favorite movies | Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Pulp Fiction, Dogma |
| Favorite music | Linkin Park, Disturbed, Godsmack, Breaking Benjamin, La Femme Nikita Soundtrack, The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack |
| Favorite books | Beowulf, Nine Princes in Amber (and the other nine Amber novels) by Roger Zelazny, Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind, Door Open to the Fire by Judith Vollmer, American Primitive by Mary Oliver, Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa, Narrow Road to the Interior and Other Writings by Basho, Crush by Richard Siken, The Blackbirds' Applause by Antonio Vallone, Atlantis by Mark Doty, Cosmos by Carl Sagan |