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Steven Parlato

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Born

in Waterbury, The United States

February 04

Website

http://www.stevenparlato.com

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Genre

Young Adult, Poetry

Member Since

September 2012

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Steven Parlato, Assistant Professor of English, a writer and artist, lives in CT with his wife and two children. Holding a Masters from Wesleyan University, Steve has taught graphic design, writing, and a literature course of his own design, Studies in Young Adult Fiction. In 2012, Steve was recognized with a NISOD Excellence Award in Teaching.

A prize-winning poet, Parlato's work appears in Freshwater; MARGIE: The American Journal of Poetry; Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review; and Pirene's Fountain. Most recently, his poetry was published in Freshwater and in Peregrine. Steve has been a featured poet at a number of CT venues.

Parlato's young adult novel, THE NAMESAKE, one of five debut titles from Merit Press, a new Imprint of F+W/Adams Medi ...more

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Steven Parlato's Blog: Novel Thoughts

Seasonal Shift

September 20, 2013

First off, I can’t believe almost a month’s flown since my last post. And tomorrow is summer’s official end. I picture those final days unspooling like fabric from a giant roll. The leading edge is the intense blue of late-August sky; then the material ombres toward rust and gold. We’re at bolt’s end now, the last length slipping from the cardboard core, about to spill free. It s Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 20, 2013 20:39 • Tags: fall, new-work, teaching, writer, writing

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Average rating: 3.79 · 582 ratings · 142 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Namesake 3.89 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	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
	The Precious Dreadful 3.46 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	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
	Grief Like Yours: A Story Collection of Life After Loss by Adam Berg (Editor), Brooke Warner, Gabi Coatsworth (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	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
	Sawdust it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	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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“It’s funny because you always think a real friendship can weather any storm, but human relationships can be as flimsy as paper boats in a tsunami.”
~ page 97”
― Steven Parlato, The Namesake

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