A Visit with Jack Powers, Retired Teacher and Poet
Update: 2023-04-23
Description
Jack Powers taught high school special education, English and writing for 38 years. He won the 2015 and 2012 Connecticut River Review Poetry Contests and was a finalist for the 2014 and 2013 Rattle Poetry Prizes. Jack earned MFAs in fiction and poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and a BFA in Painting from Syracuse University. He has two poetry collections: Everybody's Vaguely Familiar (2019) and Still Love (2023). Jack has published scores of poems in various journals, including Rattle, The Cortland Review, and The Southern Review.
EPISODE EXTRAS
- Jack Powers Website
- Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking
- Connecticut Writing Project
- Hudson Valley Writers Center
- Everybody's Vaguely Familiar by Jack Powers on Amazon
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