Jack Coulehan

Poet

Coram, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Jack Coulehan is a poet, physician, and medical educator whose work appears frequently in medical journals and literary magazines. He is the author of seven collections of poetry, including most recently The Wound Dresser, which Robert Pinsky selected as a finalist for the 2016 Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press), and The Talking Cure: New and Selected Poems (2020) In 2012 he received the Nicholas Davies Scholar Award of the American College of Physicians for “outstanding lifetime contributions to humanism in medicine.”

Writers Retreats: 

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
A Life in Medicine. A Literary Anthology (New Press, 2002)
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On Doctoring (2nd edition) (Scribner, 2001)
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Uncharted Lines. Poems from JAMA (Boaz Publishing, 1998)
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The Tyranny of the Normal (Kent State University Press, 1996)
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Articulations: Contemporary Poetry About Medicine (University of Iowa Press, 1995)
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Life on the Line: Selection on Words and Healing (Negative Capability Press, 1992)
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On Doctoring (Scribner, 1991)
Books:
The Talking Cure: New and Selected Poems (Plain View Press, 2020)
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Blood & Bone (edited) (University of Iowa Press, 2014)
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Primary Care (edited) (University of Iowa Press, 2014)
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Bursting With Danger and Music (Plain View Press, 2012)
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Medicine Stone (Fithian Press, 2002)
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The Heavenly Ladder (Ginninderra Press, 2001)
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First Photographs of Heaven (Nightshade Press, 1994)
Chapbook:
The Knitted Glove (Nightshade Press, 1991)
Journals:
Anemone
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Annals of Internal Medicine
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Antietam Review
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Birmingham Poetry Review
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California Quarterly
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Centennial Review
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Cincinnati Poetry Review
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Comstock Review
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Connecticut River Review
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Cumberland Poetry Review
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Dickinson Review
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Great Stream Review
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Greenfield Review
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Hiram Poetry Review
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Journal of the American Medical Association
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Kansas Quarterly
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Kentucky Poetry Review
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Long Island Quarterly
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Manhattan Poetry Review
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Negative Capability
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North Atlantic Review
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Parting Gifts
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Poets & Writers
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Snail's Pace Review
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Snake Nation Review
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South Coast Poetry Review
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The Lancet
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Widener Review
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Wind Magazine
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Wordsmith
Prizes won: 

Finalist, Many Voices Poetry Contest, New Rivers Press, 2015 Finalist, Dorset Poetry Contest, Tupelo Press, 2016 (judged by Robert Pinsky)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Pittsburgh
Raised in: 
Steubenville, OH
Ohio
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Last update: Jul 04, 2024