Tom Lombardo Poetry Selections
Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor
Poetry Series Editor Tom Lombardo has been finding and sharing remarkable voices with Press 53 readers since January 2009. Tom actively reads journals, magazines, ezines, and anthologies in search of poets to bring to Press 53 by way of his poetry series, Tom Lombardo Poetry Selections. Tom is also the sole reader and judge for Press 53’s annual manuscript competition, the Press 53 Award for Poetry. Tom is a widely published and respected poet, and is a graduate of the MFA program at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has published two collections of his own poetry: What Bends Us Blue (WordTech, 2013) and The Name of This Game (Kattywompus Press, 2014). In 2008, Tom edited and published After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events, which features 152 poems by 115 poets from fifteen countries.
