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Dr. Joseph (Joe) Benevento is an author and educator. He taught at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO.

Biography[edit]

Dr. Joseph Benevento was born in Queens, New York to Mary and Joseph Benevento. He was raised Catholic in a working-class family.^[1]

Benevento has served as the poetry editor for the Green Hills Literary Lantern (GHLL) since 1995.^[2]

Benevento taught at Truman State University for 40 years before retiring in 2023. ^[3]

Works[edit]

Poetry Books

1996 Holding On Warthog Press : West Orange, 1996. OCLC 37676768
2003 Willing to Believe Timberline Press : Fulton, 2003. ISBN 9780944048283, OCLC 53864025
2006 My Puerto Rican Past Ginninderra Press : Charnwood, 2006. ISBN 9781740273473, OCLC 225202518
2011 Tough Guys Don't Write: poems Finishing Line Press : Georgetown, 2011. ISBN 9781599248394, OCLC 816075586
2015 Expecting Songbirds: Selected Poems 1983-2015 Visual Artists Collective (Purple Flag Press Imprint) : Chicago, 2015. ISBN 9780944048665, OCLC 940826848
2017 After Mouthfeel Press : El Paso, 2017. ISBN 9780996724746
2019 Playground Unsolicited Press, 2019. ISBN 9781947021976
2023 The Cracker Box Poems Mouthfeel Press : Huntsville, 2023. ISBN 9781957840031, OCLC 1411051471

Novels

2003 Plumbing in Harlem Publish America : Baltimore, 2003. ISBN 9781592861781, OCLC 53865181
2005 The Odd Squad Behler Publications : Lake Forest, 2005. ISBN 9781933016139, OCLC 62276276
2008 Some of My Best Friends and Other Fictions Lewis-Clark Press, 2008.
2013 The Monsignor's Wife Moonshine Cove Publishing : Abbeville, 2013. ISBN 9781937327279, OCLC 857850743
2015 Saving St. Teresa Black Opal Books : Dallas, 2015. ISBN 9781626942554, OCLC 911399660
2020 Kiss of the Moonflower Black Opal Books : Dallas, 2020. ISBN 9781644372869, OCLC 1206367519
2023 My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son Addison & Highsmith (Imprint of HIstria Books) : Las Vegas, 2023. ISBN 9781592112012, OCLC 1330690413

Awards and honors[edit]

References[edit]

^ Bill Miller (13 May 2022). "Author Draws on Queens Roots for His Fiction And Poetry Writing". The Tablet. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "Editorial Board". Green Hills Literary Lantern. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^ Hosffman Ospino. "Joseph's perfect wife and her perfect son". Jersey Catholic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

External links[edit]

GHLL Official Site

[Author_Draws_on_Queens_Roots_for_His_Fiction_And_Poetry_Writing-1] Bill Miller (13 May 2022). "Author Draws on Queens Roots for His Fiction And Poetry Writing". The Tablet. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

[2] "Editorial Board". Green Hills Literary Lantern. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

[3] Hosffman Ospino. "Joseph's perfect wife and her perfect son". Jersey Catholic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

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