Jack Henry

Poet

Corona, CA
California US
Email: 
jackhenry951@hotmail.com
Website: 
jackhenry.wordpress.com

Author's Bio

Jack Henry, writer/poet, lives in Corona, California. In November 2009 NeoPoeisis Press released "with the Patience of Monuments," Jack's first full-length collection of poetry. Early in 2009, Kendra Steiner Edition's released, Empty Houses, a short themed collection of poetry. Also, in June of 2009 Jack became the first graduate from the Low Residency Program at the University of California, Riverside. In 2010 Epic Rites Press released , "crunked." Additionally, Jack Henry has a couple other chapbooks on small international micro presses. "The Downtown Cafe," available from Erbacce-Press in England. After a ten year hiatus Jack has returned to the publishing world with his journal "Heroin Love Songs, a Journal of Poetic Chaos," and has started submitted to small presses and magazines across the world.  "Driving w/Crazy" will be released by Punk Hostage Press sometime in 2020.

Education: 
University of California, Riverside (Palm Desert) MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Dark Matter (Scars Publications, 2009)
,
Hope And Creation (Scars Publications, 2009)
,
Ink in my Blood (Scars Publications, 2009)
,
Laying the Groundwork (Scars Publications, 2009)
,
Survival of the Fitttest (Scars Publications, 2009)
Books:
Driving With Crazy (Punk Hostage Press, 2021)
,
with the Patience of Monuments (NeoPoiesis Press, 2009)
Chapbooks:
Empty Houses (Kendra Steiner Editions, 2009)
,
Snow in Summer and the Playground is Closed (Scars Publications, 2008)
Journals:
3AM Magazine
,
Ariel Chart
,
asinine poetry
,
Better Than Starbucks
,
Bolts Of Silk
,
Cause & Effect Magazine
,
Children Churches & Daddies
,
Clockwise Cat
,
Counterexample Poetics
,
Decomp
,
Dissident Voice
,
Fleas on the Dog
,
Flutter Poetry Journal
,
Gloom Cupboard
,
Heavy Bear
,
Hobo Camp Review
,
Horror Sleaze Trash
,
Ink Sweat & Tears
,
Lit Up Magazine
,
Luciole Press
,
Madswirl
,
Neonbeam Magazine
,
New Aesthetic
,
Oak Bend Review
,
Origami Condom
,
Outsider Writer
,
Poetic Diversity
,
Poetry Cemetery
,
Rat's Ass Review
,
Red Fez
,
Rusty Truck
,
Static Movement
,
The Piker Press
,
Thirteen Myna Birds
,
Versification
,
Word Riot
,
Word Slaw
,
Zygote in My Coffee

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
a bellyful of anarchy by rob plath, 86'd by dan fante, the hunger season by william taylor, jr

More Information

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Syracuse
Raised in: 
Orange, CA
California
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Last update: Dec 27, 2021