PAOLA CORSO

poet, photographer, activist

PAOLA JO (PJ) CORSO is the author of eight books of poetry and fiction set in her native Pittsburgh area where her Southern Italian immigrant family members were steel workers. Her latest are Oxygen for Two, the end of her Pittsburgh air triology, Vertical Bridges: Poems and Photographs of City Steps, The Laundress Catches Her Breath, winner of The Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing, Once I Was Told the Air Was Not for Breathing, winner of the Triangle Fire Memorial Association Award, and Catina's Haircut: A Novel in Stories. As a member of the collective, Park Slope Windstor Terrace Artists, Corso's photographs have been exhibited in galleries, libraries, and open studios. She cofounded Steppin Stanzas, a grassroots performing arts project to celebrate city steps. Corso earned graduate degrees in Creative Writing and Community Organizing. She lives and works in New York City. See full Bio.

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