Vincent Joseph Noto

Vincent Joseph Noto, descendant of Sicilian immigrants who became high-rise beam‑walkers, barkeeps, radio-news anchors, fashion designers, herb-farmers, restaurateurs, grocers, and civil engineers in North America, was raised at the northern end of the San Joaquin Valley of California—near the part Joan Didion dubbed “somewhere else” and which George Lucas over‑romanticized in American Graffiti. Noto studied film under Dr. Michael G. Tate and poetry with Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate of the United States, Philip Levine at CSU Fresno.  Noto has managed new and used bookstores, and taught or tutored in Central and Southern California public high schools and in Oregon and Washington. With his ever-reading library managing fiancée, Melissa, he now lives in North Central Washington.  He enjoys nature walks, engages in autodidactic inquiries, and scribbles notes on literature and film.

Vincent's Poet's & Writers Directory listing 

can be found at:  http://www.pw.org/content/vincent_noto