Born in Sheffield, Alabama and raised on Long Island, Anthony
Piccione was the author of four collections of poetry from
BOA Editions, Ltd.: The Guests at the Gate (2002), For
the Kingdom (1995), Seeing It Was So (1986), and Anchor
Dragging (1978, chosen by Archibald MacLeish for BOA's A. Poulin,
Jr. New Poets of America Series). As Professor Emeritus of
English and creative writing at the State University of New
York College at Brockport, Piccione taught at Upright Hall,
the writers' retreat at his Crow Hill Farm in Prattsburgh,
New York. His poems, interviews, essays, and reviews have
appeared in dozens of magazines and journals. Anthony Piccione
died in November 2001.
BOA books by Anthony Piccione:
For the Kingdom
The Guests at the Gate
Anchor Dragging
