By Guiseppe getto
Familiar History
Poems
In the words of the always-incisive Corrinne Cleggs Hales, Familiar History “expertly de-romanticizes the landscape and mythology of the American west, revealing a world defined largely by struggle and failure and broken lives.”
Poet
Guiseppe Getto
I was raised in rural Nevada, in a landscape shaped by nuclear fallout, extractive labor, and volatile family systems. Though I have lived elsewhere for many years, that terrain continues to inform my work. My poems attend to place, labor, inheritance, and the enduring presence of history in both land and bodies.
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A Poem About My Father Trying to Fix Stuff and Failing Miserably
My poem “Repartee,” a poem about the ritual of fixing things with my father, is currently available in issue 28 of Anti-Heroin Chic. Anti-Heroin Chic describes itself as a "collective journal of poetry, photography, artwork, stories, essays, interviews and...
Working Class Poetry: Or Work From the Two Americas
I'm still amazed every day at the two Americas we live in. I was raised in the other one, the one I escaped. My entire biological family, minus a few, are Trump supporters. I grew up hearing racist things spoken by caregivers every single day. My mother, a...
A Poem About Hiking Alone With One’s Demons in Louisiana Literature
My poem “Lost,” a poem about hiking alone and facing one's demons while doing so, is currently available in issue 37.2 of Louisiana Literature. Louisiana Literature has featured some of the finest writing published in America. The journal has...