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Biography
Gabriel Spera is the author of the poetry collection Twisted Pairs,, runner-up for the 2022 Able Muse Book Award. He has published two previous collections of poetry. His first, The Standing Wave, was published by Harper Collins (New York) as part of the 2002 National Poetry Series. The book also received the 2004 Literary Book Award for Poetry from PEN USA-West. His second, The Rigid Body, was awarded the 2011 Richard Snyder prize from Ashland Poetry Press. Honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Los Angeles. He lives in Los Angeles.
Books
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News and Updates
New poems in the latest edition of The Common Online.
My latest collection, Twisted Pairs, is now in prerelease, with the official release date of March 8, 2024. Copies ordered through the Able Muse website will be shipped right away. Copies ordered through Amazon and other retailers will ship on March 8.