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Louisa Calio (born July 4, 1947 in Gravesend, Brooklyn) is an American poet, writer, multimedia performance artist and teacher. She has directed the Poets and Writers' Piazza for Hofstra University's Italian Experience for the past 10 years.[1] Calio's writings have appeared internationally in anthologies, magazines and journals. She has been honored by Barnard College, Columbia University as a Feminist Who Changed America Second Wave 1963–1975. She has traveled to East and West Africa, lived in the Caribbean and documented her journeys in photographs and the written word, completing an epic poem "Journey to the Heart Waters"[2] which was also the title of an exhibition of photos and poems that opened at Round Hill Resort in Montego Bay in 2007.
- ^ Poets and Writers' Piazza Archived 2010-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Louisa Calio, "Journey to the Heart Waters." in Italian American Politics: Local, Global/Cultural, Personal. Philip V. Cannistraro, Jerome Krase, and Joseph V. Scelsa, eds. Hunter College CUNY. New York City. November 12–14, 1998.