About

Anthony Borruso holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Florida State University, where he served as a Poetry Editor for Southeast Review, co-hosted the Jerome Stern Reading series, and managed an incarcerated writers workshop at Gadsden Correctional Facility.

 

He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida, where he teaches First-Year Writing. His poetry merges confessional lyricism with examinations of pop culture artifacts and often meditates on the power of film in shaping one’s identity. His poetry was included in the 2023 Best New Poets anthology, and he was selected as a finalist for Beloit Poetry Journal's Adrienne Rich Award and Gigantic Sequins’ Annual poetry contest. Splice, his debut full-length poetry collection, was a finalist for the Hollis Summer Poetry Prize and a semifinalist for the St.Lawrence Book Award and Minds on Fire Open Book Prize before being selected as the winner of the 2024 Louise Bogan Poetry Award by Oliver de la Paz. It is slated to be published in Summer 2025 by Trio House Press.