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Nightstand

By Piper Jones Castillo
Published April 1, 2007

Poet Gianna Russo is co-director of the creative writing program at Blake Magnet School of the Arts in Tampa. A lifelong Tampa resident, Russo also serves as an artist-adviser to the Hillsborough County Arts Council.

Q: What's on your nightstand?

Let me name what's on my pile. There's 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor by Pablo Neruda; Art of the Personal Essay by Phillip Lopate; Art & Love: An Illustrated Anthology of Love Poetry; several past issues of the Tampa Review; a novel, Charming Billy, by Alice McDermott; and Italian Days by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison.

So, a poet doesn't always stick to reading poetry during her downtime?

Actually, poetry is not necessarily my favorite genre. I love short stories. I also enjoy creative nonfiction.

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