jacdewittApr 161 minTwo Poems PublishedThe April poetry issue of On the Seawall, a writing site managed by the poet Ron Slate, is now live. Two of my poems are included. Check...
jacdewittDec 25, 20211 minThe Enterprise Announces Varian Pike SeriesA local Cape Cod paper The Enterprise did a nice writeup in 2018 covering the launch of the Varian Pike series. "Bourne Author Launches...
jacdewittDec 25, 20211 minPoetry Sunday at WCAII had an opportunity in 2019 to read my poem "Edgartown" for the local NPR for the Cape, Coast, and the Islands. Listen here
jacdewittDec 25, 20211 minAnimalsAnimals is an alphabet book, a bestiary and a coloring book. The poems were not meant for children despite the book's appearance,...
jacdewittDec 25, 20211 minDesigns For/On AhtiWhen I was a graduate student in English at the University of Connecticut, I met a group of fans of the psychologist Carl Jung. The group...
jacdewittDec 25, 20212 minFinger FoodSandra Lerner and Sue Horvitz were artist friends who also ran a small press that published artist books. They heard me read a series of...
jacdewittDec 25, 20212 minWhy I'm Almost GrownMore than ten years ago, I started writing poems about growing up in Stamford, Connecticut in the 1950’s. I have always felt that there...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minNoir Didn't End with Spade and MarlowRead my guest post on Marc S. Bacon's blog Nostalgia City Mysteries From 2015, discussing noir as a genre
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minThe Big Thrill InterviewCheck out one of the early interviews I did in 2015 when Delicious Little Traitor was first picked up by Black Opal Books The Big Thrill
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minMotoring OnPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 43 No. 3 An excerpt: There is a horsepower war going on now that is much more intense than...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minCar Stars on TVPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 42 No. 3 An excerpt: The first car to be a real star on a TV series was Norm Grabowski’s...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minRat RodsPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 40 No. 6 An excerpt: In the 1997 Kirk Jones, a graphic designer, and Jay Ward, an art...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minLarry Watson: PainterPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 40 No. 2 An excerpt: During the week of July 20th 2010, the New York Times noted the...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minThe Cars of American GraffitiPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 39 No. 5 An excerpt: American Graffiti was the surprise hit of 1973. Made on a budget of...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minSongs of the Open RoadPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 39 No. 2 An excerpt: In 1909 the Futurists dramatically declared “that the splendor of the...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minThe Hirohata MercPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 38 No. 5 An excerpt: I was doing some reading on the concept of “cool” for a course I...
jacdewittDec 24, 20211 minThe American Hot RodPublished in The American Poetry Review Volume 30 No. 3 An excerpt: In Call Me Ishmael Charles Olson writes, “I take SPACE to be the...
jacdewittDec 24, 202112 minMemories are Made of This: Jimmy Karcher's FordIn the mid Fifties, when I was in my early teens, the streets of Stamford, Connecticut seem to be invaded by a whole new class of car....
jacdewittDec 23, 20213 minHow Cool Cars, High Art Was BornIn the late nineties, I was at a particularly low point in my life. I had tried and failed with a more contemporary Varian (known simply...
jacdewittDec 23, 20212 minA Longer Bio on Jack DeWittAlthough DeWitt started writing poems as an undergraduate at Northeastern where he met the poets Jon Anderson, Harold Bond, Joseph...