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George Bilgere (born ) is an American poet. Bilgere grew up in Riverside, California, and earned his BA at the University of California, Riverside. He received his MA in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis and earned a Ph.D. in contemporary British and American Poetry from the University of Denver in

George bilgere wife Bilgere's poetry, while residing firmly in the every-day world of janitors, college students or siblings, is noted for its controlled poignancy and limpid free-verse line. Billy Collins has described him as “a welcome breath of fresh American air.”.

George bilgere poems George came into national prominence in when then U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins chose his collection of poems, The Good Kiss, to win the University of Akron Poetry Prize. Collins then named George one of two Witter Bynner Fellows for and invited him to read at the Library of Congress.

George is Distinguished Professor Poet and educator George Bilgere grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and Riverside, California. He received a B. A. from the University of California, Riverside, and an M.A. in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, before earning a Ph.D. in contemporary British and American poetry at the University of Denver in

The straight, white, middle-class guy, Poet George Bilgere, who began college as a pre-med biology major and played professional racquetball after grad school, has read his poetry on “A Prairie Home Companion” more times than his good friend Billy Collins, poet laureate of the United States from –3. But who’s keeping score?.

George is a 2014 George is a Creative Workforce Fellow in Literature, a grant funded through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. George also hosts a weekly radio show, WORDPLAY, an offbeat mix of poetry, comedy, and an ongoing exploration of the possibilities of the spoken word.

George Bilgere is an American George Bilgere lives in Cleveland where he teaches Creative Writing at John Carroll University.

George Bilgere has published George Bilgere lives and writes in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is the director of the creative writing program at John Carroll University. His most recent book of poems, Haywire, won the May Swenson Poetry Award in A previous collection, The Good Kiss, won the University of Akron Poetry Contest in