Fred Yannantuono

Fired from Hallmark for writing meaningful greeting-card verse, he once ran twenty straight balls at pool; finished 183rd (out of about 10,000) at the 1985 U.S. Open Crossword Puzzle Tournament; won a yodeling contest in a German restaurant; was bitten by a guard dog in a tattoo parlor; survived a car crash with Sidney Lumet; Paul Newman once claimed to have known him for a long time; hasn't been arrested in 17 months.

Work has appeared in 80 journals in 30 states. His poem "83 Poems On Baking Bread" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2006. His book, A BOILERMAKER FOR THE LADY, has been banned in France, Latvia, and the Orkney Isles. Is currently Featured Poet at Light Quarterly.