Dante Cosentino was born in Greenwich, Connecticut to Italian immigrant parents. He worked many jobs from drill press operator, to professor in college. He studied at Wayne State University, the New School for Social Research, Hunter College, San Francisco State University, San Diego State University and the University of California Santa Barbara, He received his B.A. From San Francisco State. His graduate work includes four Master Degrees. He fi nished all the course work for a PhD in philosophy at the University of California. Cosentino’s work has been published in poetry magazines and his essay on selfdeception has been published in a professional philosophy journal (The Philosophy Research Archives).