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George Bilgere, PhD

Professor - English

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eMail

gbilgere@jcu.edu

Phone Number

216-397-4746

Location

O'Malley Center 241

Personal Websites

georgebilgere.com

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Biography

He has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pushcart Foundation, the Witter Bynner Foundation through the Library of Congress, and the Fulbright Foundation. He has given readings in venues around the country, including the Library of Congress and the 92nd Street Y in New York. George is a 2014 Creative Workforce Fellow in Literature, a grant funded through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

George also hosts a weekly radio show, WORDPLAY, an offbeat mix of poetry, comedy, and an ongoing exploration of the possibilities of the spoken word.