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Dr. Joseph (Joe) Benevento is an author and educator. He taught at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO.

Biography
Dr. Joseph Benevento was born in Queens, New York to Mary and Joseph Benevento. He was raised Catholic in a working-class family.

Benevento has served as the poetry editor for the Green Hills Literary Lantern (GHLL) since 1995.

Benevento taught at Truman State University for 40 years before retiring in 2023.

Works
Poetry Books Novels
 * 1996 Holding On Warthog Press : West Orange, 1996.
 * 2003 Willing to Believe Timberline Press : Fulton, 2003. ISBN 9780944048283,
 * 2006 My Puerto Rican Past Ginninderra Press : Charnwood, 2006. ISBN 9781740273473,
 * 2011 Tough Guys Don't Write: poems Finishing Line Press : Georgetown, 2011. ISBN 9781599248394,
 * 2015 Expecting Songbirds: Selected Poems 1983-2015 Visual Artists Collective (Purple Flag Press Imprint) : Chicago, 2015. ISBN 9780944048665,
 * 2017 After Mouthfeel Press : El Paso, 2017. ISBN 9780996724746
 * 2019 Playground Unsolicited Press, 2019. ISBN 9781947021976
 * 2023 The Cracker Box Poems Mouthfeel Press : Huntsville, 2023. ISBN 9781957840031,
 * 2003 Plumbing in Harlem Publish America : Baltimore, 2003. ISBN 9781592861781,
 * 2005 The Odd Squad Behler Publications : Lake Forest, 2005. ISBN 9781933016139,
 * 2008 Some of My Best Friends and Other Fictions Lewis-Clark Press, 2008.
 * 2013 The Monsignor's Wife Moonshine Cove Publishing : Abbeville, 2013. ISBN 9781937327279,
 * 2015 Saving St. Teresa Black Opal Books : Dallas, 2015. ISBN 9781626942554,
 * 2020 Kiss of the Moonflower Black Opal Books : Dallas, 2020. ISBN 9781644372869,
 * 2023 My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son Addison & Highsmith (Imprint of HIstria Books) : Las Vegas, 2023. ISBN 9781592112012,