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