Daryl Morazzini

Daryl Morazzini received his BA from the University of Southern Maine in Philosophy and History, with a minor in Creative Writing. He graduated magna cum laude, honors in both philosophy and history, a recipient of a presidential scholarship, and he was the Student Commencement Speaker for his graduating class. His multidisciplinary approach to academics, brought him to Yale Divinity School, where he received his Masters of Religious Studies in Religion and Literature, his work focusing on the mystical and occult aspects of Literature. From there he studied at Andover Newton Theological Seminary, as well as Boston University School of Theology, before deciding the priesthood was not for him.

He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Creative NonFiction, while doing intense study on Mysticism, Esoterics, and the Goth in Literature. His areas of expertise and interest include the intersection between Religion and Literature (especially where mysticism and esoteric subjects appear), Literature and the Occult, and the genre of the Gothic. He has taught at Newbury College, Emmanuel College, and Tufts University.

Daryl lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where he teaches Literature and Religion classes at Emmanuel College through their GPP program, as well as in person at Mars Hill College. A lifelong student of Ceremonial Magick, and Goth enthusiast, he is currently pursuing a career as a writer, completing his first Memoir and book of Short Fiction, as well as doing deep research on Southern Gothic and Folklore.

Published Works:

* The Café Review. Misogi. Poem. Winter 2010.

* Mighty Mercury. Terrorized. Cross Genre. December 2009.

* Our Stories Emerging Writer Finalist. Nonfiction. July 2009.

* Navajo Treaty of 1868 Erasure Poem Project. Contributing Poet. April

2009.

* AWP New Manuscript Finalist. Nonfiction

* The Gut. I Dreamt of Cronos. Poem. September 2008.

* The Gut. Vagrant Raven Chimes His Morning Song. Nonfiction. May

2008.

* Carpe Nocturne: Online Magazine. Staff Writer. October 2007-January

2008.

* Palimpsest: Yale Literary and Arts Magazine. The Two of Us on the

Battlefield. Nonfiction. 2004.

* Yale Library Pathfinder Project. Literature and Poetry of the Ancient

Near East: 2003.

* Bangor Theological Book Reviews On-Line:

Rabbi Allan L. Berkowitz & Patti Moskovitz. Embracing the Covenant:

Converts to Judaism Talk About Why & How. (Woodstock, Vermont:

Jewish Lights Publishing.2001);

Shokek, Shimo. Kabbalah and the Art of Being (London: Routeledge,

2001)

* The Maine Review: Editor.  2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 editions.

* The Maine Scholar: Good Meat. NonFiction. 2001.

* Words & Images: After the Lights are Dimmed. Poetry. 2000

* Osher Map Library: Cart-O-Maine-ia: Puzzles and Wraps and Oddball

Maps. Curator & Editor credit 1999

* National Scholastic Journal: First Place Poetry Award. 1980.

Editorial Contributions:

* Hunger Mountain: Journal of Arts and Letters. Review Editor. 2008-Current.

* Friedrich Schleiermacher. Lectures on Philosophical Ethics. Louise Adey

Huish trans. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press 2002.

* The Maine Review: Editor.  2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 editions.