In addition to writing, I’m an Associate Professor of English, an artist and occasional actor. I live in CT with my wife and two children. Along with Graphic Design, I’ve taught all levels of English, from Creative and Developmental Writing to a 200-level literature course of my own creation, Studies in Young Adult Fiction. In 2012, I was recognized with a NISOD Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in May 2017, I received NVCC’s Presidential Medal of Honor at commencement.<\/p>\n
A published poet, my work appears in Freshwater<\/em>; Volume 5, of MARGIE: The American Journal of Poetry<\/em>; Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review<\/em>; Pirene’s Fountain<\/em>, and Peregrine<\/em>. My flash fiction was nominated for a Readers\u2019 Choice Award on the website, 55 Word Stories<\/em>. My poem, Her absence shows<\/em>, won 3rd prize in CT Poetry Society\u2019s Brodine\/Brodinksy Contest<\/em>, appearing in The Connecticut River Review<\/em>. I’ve been a featured poet at The Wednesday Night Poetry Series in Bethel, CT and in poetry readings at Burgundy Books in East Haddam, CT; the Bradford Mansion at Avery Point, Groton; and Lemon ‘n’ Lyme Gallery, Old Lyme, CT. I was honored to appear as the feature at the first-ever 1249 Wine Bar Open Mic and at The Silas Bronson Library.<\/p>\n My debut young adult novel, THE NAMESAKE, won a 2011 Tassy Walden Award for New Voices. It was released January 18, 2013, by Merit Press, an imprint of F+W\/Adams Media. My editor, the original Oprah’s Book Club Author, Jacquelyn Mitchard, called THE NAMESAKE <\/em><\/strong>“masterful.” I was most recently represented for fiction by Victoria Marini, then of Gelfman Schneider\/ICM Literary Agency.<\/p>\n I’m always happy to meet readers and writers, so I can often be found at library, bookstore and school events, running workshops or talking about my own writing. Contact me if you’d like me to visit your venue!<\/p>\n My next novel, THE PRECIOUS DREADFUL<\/em>, is due out from Simon Pulse on February 13, 2018. Stay tuned for updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In addition to writing, I’m an Associate Professor of English, an artist and occasional actor. I live in CT with my wife and two children. Along with Graphic Design, I’ve taught all levels of English, from Creative and Developmental Writing to a 200-level literature course of my own creation, Studies in Young Adult Fiction. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stevenparlato.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}