About the Author
Tony Fusco is President of the Connecticut Poetry Society and has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Southern Connecticut State University as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. He works at Yale University where he is also editor of Caduceus, the poetry anthology of the Yale Medical Group Art Place Poets. He has been editor of The Connecticut River Review and Long River Run the journals of the Connecticut Poetry Society. He was editor in chief of the Southern News and the poetry anthologies High Tide and Sounds and Waves of West Haven. He is the author of Jessie’s Garden published in 2004 by Negative Capability Press and of three Chapbooks. His work has appeared in many journals and anthologies and won prizes and awards in several contests including: The Sunken Garden Poetry Prize, and The Alan Ginsberg Poetry Contest. He is a member the New England Poetry Club. Tony produced West Shore Poets a television poetry series at CTV. His poem “Harvest” was nominated for a Pushcart Award. He lives in West Haven with his wife Patti.