Jack Veasey

Poet

Hummelstown, PA
Pennsylvania US
Email: 
bluebard@comcast.net
Website: 
jackveasey.blogspot.com/

Author's Bio

I'm a poet, singer, & songwriter; also worked as a journalist, editor, teacher, and radio host. I've had 11 books of poetry published, 2 plays produced, released 2 CDs of original music, and published poems in many magazines and anthologies. I've been giving public readings since the early 1970s.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Common Wealth (Penn State University Press, 2005)
Books:
The Dance That Begins And Begins: Selected Poems (Poet's Press, 2015)
,
Shapely: Selected Formal Poems (Poet's Press, 2013)
,
Sweet Jesus (Anthology Press, 2003)
,
The Moon in the Nest (Crosstown Books, 2002)
,
A Loving Testimony (Crossing Press, 1995)
,
Tennis with Baseball Bats (Warm Spring Press, 1995)
Journals:
Assaracus
,
Christopher Street
,
Experimental Forest
,
Fledgling Rag
,
Oxalis Literary Quarterly
,
Pittsburgh Quarterly
Prizes won: 

Fellowship, PA Council On The Arts, 1990
2-time honoree of PA State Museum's PENNBOOK Celebration
2010 Pushcart Nominee

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ, Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Seniors
Born in: 
Philadelphia
Raised in: 
Philadelphia, PA
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Last update: Jan 02, 2015