Albert DeGenova is the author of two books of poetry, The Blueing Hours (Virtual Artists Collective, 2008) and Back Beat (co-authored with Charles Rossiter, 2nd edition, Fractal Edge Press, 2006), and two chapbooks, A Tender Spot (1992) and most recently Postcards to Jack (Naked Mannequin, 2010). Timberline Press will publish his third full-length book, A Good Hammer, in 2014. From 1978-1980 he was an editor of the Oyez Review (published by Roosevelt University); in June of 2000 he launched the literary/arts journal After Hours, for which he continues as publisher and editor. DeGenova received his MFA in Writing from Spalding University, Louisville. He is a blues saxophonist and one-time contributing editor of Down Beat magazine.

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