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Paula Curci is a spoken word poet, broadcaster and school counseling educator. For nearly two decades, Paula has hosted and produced Calliope’s Corner – The Place Where Poets and Songwriters Meet, on 88.7FM Radio Hofstra University. Her radio show is a Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) and Gracie Award-winning poetry and arts program, which has featured a wide variety of both national and local figures. Paula has also won several Press Club of Long Island accolades for What’s the Buzz®, an informational radio broadcast.
Paula has published three chapbooks: One Woman’s Cathartic Release in Poetry, The Gift of Thanksgiving and Done That: Poetry and Posics™. Her poetry has been featured in a multitude of anthologies: The Nassau County Poet Laureate Society Review, The PPA Literary Review, Nomads Choir, Bards Annual, The Vault’s Soul Fountain, Whispers and Shouts, Writing Outside the Lines, LunaSea Press’ Hysteria and The National Association of Poetry Therapists’ Poet’s Process, among others.
Paula is a co-founding member of The Acoustic Poets Network© and has pioneered a genre of performance poetry she calls Posics™. Through The APN Paula released three spoken word albums: Emissary, Bittersweet and Done That: Poetry and Posics™ The Audio Version. Her spoken word poetry can be heard on several compilation CDs: The Vault’s Fear No Art, The Poe Project, The Shakespeare’s Project and The Long Island Original Music Association’s LIOMA.
As a school counselor for over thirty years, Paula has spearheaded several service-learning programs, including the award-winning Learning and Understanding through Video (LUV) productions, the Sisters Office Worker Program and her successful Poetry Club. As a counselor and member of the Nassau County Human Rights Commission’s Youth Conference Committee, her work has impacted thousands of adolescents. Moreover, Paula was the chairperson of the Nassau County Counselors’ Association – Counselor, Parent and Administrators Conference Committee and was honored by the Nassau County Counselors’ Association as one of their “School Counselors of the Year.” She is also a March of Dimes Golden Apple Award-winner and a recipient of The Vault’s Guardian Angel Award.
Paula received an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Communications from Adelphi University. She holds a Master’s in School Counseling Education and an Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership from Long Island University. Paula is frequently found reciting her poetry at Performance Poetry Association events and other venues across Long Island. She currently resides in Long Beach, New York.