Paul Genega's seventh full-length collection, Outtakes: New & Selected Poems 1975-2023 was published by Salmon Poetry in December, 2023. His work has appeared in journals, magazines and anthologies for nearly fifty years and has won awards from The Nation, New York Quarterly, The Literary Review, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2014, upon the death of its founding editor Antje Katcher, he assumed responsibility for Three Mile Harbor Press and established an annual poetry prize. He is Professor Emeritus at Bloomfield College of Montclair State University in New Jersey, where he founded the creative writing program, served as Chair of Humanities, and taught literature and writing.

Other poems by Paul Genega in Verse Daily:
October 26, 2018:   "Morpheus" "Beyond these walls..."

Other poems on the web by Paul Genega:
"Neighbors"
Three poems
Two poems

Paul Genega's Website.

About Outtakes: New and Selected Poems 1975-2023:

"With roots in myth and fairy tales, and branches that weave a tangle of hope and horror, Paul Genega brings us
        'tales

                to tell and tell and retell until
        the telling itself is all you own
        the only truth worth telling
        the only truth you know —'

His luminous language and deft use of rhythm and rhyme bring us into a very real contemporary world in which gods, princes and witches stride beside us, enticing us to leap up and join them. It is 'as if dreams could sprout wings.'"
—Beth Joselow

"Paul Genega's poems shed light on the failures of America, the glitz and promise that exist only for a few. In this harsh reality, some lose themselves in perceived failings; others, regardless of race, immigrant status, or sexual preference, live boldly, making their way. In their expert range from lyric to narrative, in the astute way they layer history with the present, and in the way they chronicle the longing and heartache of the lived American experience, Outtakes reveals a brilliant poetic mind at work. This is a captivating book."
—Priscilla Orr

"Paul Genega's Outtakes puts the reader on a great journey. You need to be ready to take this journey, as Genega's road is not paved with gold; rather, it is a pot-holed turnpike, probably somewhere in New Jersey, late night and full of traffic with wise-assed drivers who'd rather give you the finger as they speed by than wave you into their lane with all the pleasantries. In Outtakes, there are no free passes, so fasten the seat belt, put your hands on the steering wheel, and let Genega's poems take you around the construction and over a stream as a sliver of sun appears atop the mountains somewhere upstate New York… Outtakes is a standout collection of Genega's work spanning five decades. It puts Genega in his rightful place as one of America's most significant poets. "
—Paul Rabinowitz