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About Barry Silesky
- Barry Silesky (born 1949) is a Minneapolis-native poet, biographer, and non-fiction writer.
- He moved to Chicago where he studied for a BA from Northwestern University and an MA from the University of Illinois.
- He is the author of a collection of poetry, biographies, and prose, such as The New Tenants, One Thing That Can Save Us, This Disease: Poems, Ferlinghetti: The Artist in His Time, and John Gardner, Literary Outlaw.
- He was the founding editor of ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) and previously taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago.
- He is widely held in libraries worldwide.
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