About
Frank Montesonti is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, Blight, Blight, Blight, Ray of Hope, Winner of the 2011 Barrow Street Book Prize chosen by D.A. Powell, and the book of erasure, Hope Tree (How To Prune Fruit Trees) by Black Lawrence Press. He is also the author of the chapbooks A Civic Pageant and Arts Grant. His poems and short stories have appeared in journals such as Tin House, The Missouri Review, AQR, Black Warrior Review, Poet Lore, and Poems and Plays, among many others. He lives on a ranch with his wife and son in the desert near Joshua Tree, CA. He teaches composition and creative writing at National University.
Frank Montesonti 