Peter Gizzi, the author of seven collections of poetry, has published a limited-edition artist book, The Afterlife of Paper, with Catalpa. Catalpa has previously published the works of Antonia Pinter, CA Conrad, Rick Myers, and more. They have work forthcoming from Isabella Tudisco-Sadacca. The Afterlife of Paper features six poems by Gizzi and nine collages by artist Richard Kraft.
Gizzi currently teaches at the University Of Massachusetts, Amherst where he is a professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers. He previously taught at Brown University and the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2011, he was the Poet-in-Residence at the University of Cambridge. He was the poetry editor at The Nation for several years and has received fellowships from the Howard Foundation, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
His book Archeophonics (Wesleyan, 2016) was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has a new book forthcoming from Wesleyan in the fall of 2020.
Richard Kraft, the co-curator of “Robert Seydel: The Eye in Matter” at the Queens Museum, takes a multidisciplinary approach to his art, incorporating photography, video, collage, drawing and performance. His artist book, Here Comes Kitty: A Comic Opera, was published by Siglio Press in 2015. He also co-edited a collection of John Cage’s observations, anecdotes, jokes, and stories, Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse), with Joe Biel. His work has been exhibited at the Charlie James Gallery, LA Louver, the Portland Art Museum, the Laguna Art Museum, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, the Ruffin Gallery at the University of Virginia, Occidental College, and Printed Matter, among others.
