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Paul Siegell

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PAUL SIEGELL is Pennsylvania's 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate and the author of Take Out Delivery: Poems & Comics (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018), wild life rifle fire (Otoliths Books, 2010), jambandbootleg (A-Head Publishing, 2009), and Poemergency Room (Otoliths Books, 2008)

He is an award-winning creative director at The Philadelphia Inquirer and was a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly from 2007-2019. In 2015, his work was selected for the Pennsylvania’s Center for the Book’s Public Poetry Project. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Paul has contributed to 5AM, American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, Coconut, Rattle, and many other fine journals.

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of marriage to mother for exactly five days—
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	The American Poetry Review Vol. 45 No. 6 - Nov/Dec 2016 by David Bonanno (Editor), Elizabeth Scanlon (Editor), Clint Smith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 13: by Nanea

Dec 03, 2010 03:56PM

Paul wrote: "Nanea wrote: "Thanks for the friend request Paul! I cannot wait to read your books! :)
Nanea"

Thanks so much, Nanea. If you ever want any discounted, signed copies, I'm your huckleberry."

Oh Awesome!

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message 12: by Paul

Dec 03, 2010 12:56PM

Nanea wrote: "Thanks for the friend request Paul! I cannot wait to read your books! :)
Nanea"

Thanks so much, Nanea. If you ever want any discounted, signed copies, I'm your huckleberry.

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message 11: by Nanea

Dec 02, 2010 04:38PM

Thanks for the friend request Paul! I cannot wait to read your books! :)
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message 10: by Paul

Oct 21, 2010 12:45PM

thanks, jesse. looks like you've got a lot going on over at yours as well!!!

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message 9: by Jesse

Oct 21, 2010 07:49AM

Thanks much for the friend request, Paul. Looks like you have some very interesting stuff going on here.
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message 8: by Allyson

Oct 04, 2010 08:02AM

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to read your book. I'll keep you posted!

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message 7: by Paul

Jul 08, 2010 07:36AM

hey Matt! thanks for jumping in. when you have a moment, please have a look here: http://paulsiegell.blogspot.com/

and how bout you? where can i check out yours?

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message 6: by Matt

Jul 03, 2010 03:10AM

yooo whats up? looks like you've got some good taste! where can i check out some of your work? always love finding new poetry pals. i usually only share my shit with musicians (probably know how they are, yea?) and few and far between writers.

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message 5: by Paul

Jul 02, 2010 09:28AM

yup, was at camden. both! how bout that 2001?

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message 4: by Rosie

Jul 02, 2010 09:22AM

hi!! i don't really ever use this because i don't know anyone on it besides my sister hah but im glad i opened the email up, thanks! and youre an author! anddd your influences are phish, thats sick! did you see them last week in camden? did we meet? haha

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message 3: by Andrew

Jun 11, 2009 12:09PM