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Robert Peake
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http://www.goodreads.com/cyberscribe
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| born |
August 25, 1978
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Brawley, California, The United States |
| website |
http://www.robertpeake.com/ |
| genre |
Poetry
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about this author
Robert Peake grew up on the U.S.-Mexico border, in the small desert farming town of El Centro, California. He earned his BA in English, emphasis poetry from U.C. Berkeley in 1999, graduating as both a Regents’ & Chancellor’s Scholar and an Alumni Leadership Scholar. He recently completed the MFA In Writing Program at Pacific University in Oregon, where was selected by the faculty to give the student speech at commencement.
His work has appeared in North American Review, Poetry International, and others. Robert received honorable mentions in both the Rattle Poetry Prize and the Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest. He was also a finalist in the 2007 James Hearst Poetry Prize, and a runner up in the 2009 Indiana Review Poetry Prize. He has been a featured reader at poetry venues throughout Southern California.
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