Geoffrey Gatza is author of four books of poetry including, Dreadful Quietude, A confused saturation of Pre 9/11 America & Supermen (2005); and I Wear a Figleaf Over My Penis (2006); Black Diamond Golden Boy Takes Bull By Horns (2007), Thanksgiving Poems: a feast to honor Charles Bernstein, Forrest Gander, Kent Johnson, Robert Creeley & John Ashbery (2007) Gatza is the editor and Publisher of BlazeVOX [books] and associate director of Starcherone Book. BlazeVOX Books has published over 55 volumes, mostly poetry, and will publish approximately 20-25 more each year during 2007 and 2008. Gatza is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY (1993) and Daemen College, Amherst, NY (2002). Served as a U.S. Marine in the first gulf war and as sous chef at the Mansion on Delaware. He lives in Kenmore, New York with his girlfriend and two cats.
