Federico Moramarco

Federico Moramarco is Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University where he taught American Literature and Creative Writing for many years. . He is the author of seven books, including The Poetry of Men's Lives, Men of Our Time, Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're Italian, and Deliciously Italian. He co-authored the latter two books with his son, Stephen. His poetry and literary criticism has been published in many magazines and journals including American Poetry Review, The Literary Review, The Western Humanities Review, The Nation, and many others and his selected poems are gathered in "The City of Eden"

Federico has appeared on many San Diego stages, most recently in what he regards as his most difficult role--that of George W. Bush's defense attorney in Sledgehammer Theater's production of The Trial of George W. Bush. He is the Artistic Director of Laterthanever Productions and produced the Patte Award winning Hannah and Martin at the Lyceum Theater in 2006. He also produced and directed the west coast premiere of A.R. Gurney's Mrs. Farnsworth at an earlier incarnation of the Ark Theater in 2004, and adapted and directed three of Raymond Carver's short stories (What We Talk About When We Talk About Love) for the stage in January, 2009. He lives in San Diego.