Moramarco, Fred S., 1938-

Fred Moramarco is the founding editor of Poetry International, an annual journal published at San Diego State University. Now retired, Moramarco taught creative writing, poetry, and American literature at San Diego State University. Al Zolynas teaches writing and literature at Alliant International University, San Diego. Having known one another since graduate school, Moramarco and Zolynas collaborated on two anthologies of men's poetry.

From the description of Moramarco and Zolynas editorial files, 1988-2005 (bulk 1989-1992). (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 501326993

Biography

Fred Moramarco is the founding editor of Poetry International, an annual journal published at San Diego State University. Now retired, Moramarco taught creative writing, poetry, and American literature at San Diego State University. He is the co-author of several books, including Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to be Proud You're Italian, Containing Multitudes: Poetry in the US Since 1950, and Modern American Poetry .

Al Zolynas was born in Austria in 1945 and lived in a number of cities before settling in California. He teaches writing and literature at Alliant International University, San Diego, and resides with his wife in Escondido, California. He has written numerous books, including The New Physics, Under Ideal Conditions (San Diego Book Award, Best Poetry, 1994), and The Same Air .

Having known one another since graduate school, Moramarco and Zolynas collaborated on two anthologies of men's poetry, the first titled Men of Our Time: Male Poetry in Contemporary America and published in 1992. Their second editorial collaboration, The Poetry of Men's Lives: An International Anthology, published in 2004, won the San Diego Book Award for Best Poetry Anthology in 2005.

From the guide to the Moramarco and Zolynas Editorial Files, Bulk, 1989-1992, 1988-2005, (Mandeville Special Collections Library)