Most of the Stars: An American Song - Pietro Federico

PIETRO FEDERICO was born in Bologna, Italy in 1980, and currently lives in Rome. Writer, copywriter, story editor and professional translator, his poetry books are: Non nulla (2003, Ibiskos Editore, Empoli) winner of the prize Il Fiore Pistoia 2003; Mare Aperto (Nino Aragno Editore, Turin, 2015) winner of the Subiaco Award 2015 and Ceppo Award 2017; La maggioranza delle stelle - Canto Americano (Edizioni Ensemble, Rome, 2020). JOHN POCH's poems and translations have appeared in Poetry, Paris Review, Agni, and many other magazines. His most recent collection of poems is Texases (WordFarm 2019). He is the series editor of the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize, and he recently edited the collection, Gracious: Poems from the 21st Century South (TTU Press 2020). His first book of criticism, God's Poems: The Beauty of Poetry and the Christian Imagination was published by St. Augustine's Press (2022). He teaches at Grace College in Indiana.