Gerard Wozek Mailing Address: Robert Morris College English Department 401 South State Street Chicago, IL 60605 County: Cook E-mail: wozek@hotmail.com Phone numbers: office: 630-375-8179 Genre: Poetry/Short Fiction/Memoir

Periodical Publications:

• Poetry and stories published in River Oak Review, Blithe House Quarterly, Spillway, Pif Magazine, Chiron Review, Velvet Mafia, etc

• Anthologized Work (including short fiction):

• Poetic Voices Without Borders, Gival Press, 2005, Ed. Robert Giron
• Foreign Affairs, Cleis Press, 2004, Ed. Mitzi Szereto
• Bend Don't Shatter, Soft Skull Press, 2004, Eds. T. Cole Rachel and Rita D. Costello
• Erotic Travel Tales Volumes 1 and 2, Cleis Press, 2001/03, Ed. Mitzi Szereto
• Best Gay Erotica 1998, Cleis Press, 1998 Eds. Christopher Bram & Richard Labonte
• Queer Dog Cleis Press, 1997, Ed. Gerry Gomez Pearlberg
• The Road Within, Traveler's Tales, 1997, Ed. Sean O'Reilly
• Reclaiming the Hearland, U of Minnesota P, 1997, Eds. Karen Osborne & William J. Spurlin

Book Publications:

• Dervish, Gival Press, 2001
• The Changeling's Exile, Deep Wood Press, 1995

Forthcoming Publications:

• Postcards from Heartthrob Town: Travel Tales (Haworth Press, 2006)

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Illinois Arts Council Literary Award for Poetry, 2003
• The Vision Award for Best Videopoem, 2002, Edgewise Poetry Video Festival in Vancouver, Canada
• Gival Press Competition for Dervish (website: www.givalpress.com)
• City of Chicago Gallery 37 Project Grant, October 2000 - April 2001
• People's Choice Award at the Sixth National Poetry Video Festival, April 1997
• Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, December 1996

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• "Dance of the Electric Moccasins" a videopoem, presented at Gene Siskel Film Center of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, 2005
• "When Verdi Sings" a videopoem, presented at Goliath Visual Space in Brooklyn, New York, 2005
• "Elemental Reels" a videopoem, presented at the International Festival on Poetry Video/Video Bardo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004
• "The Rosary Walk" poetry and art exhibit with Dawn Rescigno at High Risk Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, 2004
• Guild Complex College Reading Series, April 2000

Recent Workshops:

• Featured guest speaker along with visual artist Mary Russell; presented an academic paper and mini-workshop on "Poetry Video as a Pedagogical Tool" at  "Merging Word and Image: Hybridity and Reimagining Literacy through Media" at the 15th Annual Mardi Gras Conference at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2005.
• Facilitator for Gallery 37 Poetry Video Workshop, September - May 2000

Present Employment:

• Full-time English and Humanities Instructor at Robert Morris College
  

Preferred Audience:

• Adult

Willing to travel:

• Yes