Frank Xavier Gaspar (b. 1946) is an American poet and novelist. Born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Gaspar served in the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War. He earned an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. He teaches at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. He won the 1988 Morse Poetry Prize, selected by Mary Oliver, for his first collection of poetry, "The Holyoke". Gaspar won the 1994 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, selected by Joy Harjo, … Wikipedia
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