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Jack DeWitt
Noir is Dark
The Cars of American Graffiti
Published in The American Poetry Review Volume 39 No. 5 An excerpt: American Graffiti was the surprise hit of 1973. Made on a budget of...
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Dec 24, 20211 min read
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Songs of the Open Road
Published in The American Poetry Review Volume 39 No. 2 An excerpt: In 1909 the Futurists dramatically declared “that the splendor of the...
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Dec 24, 20211 min read
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The Hirohata Merc
Published 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...
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Dec 23, 20211 min read
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The American Hot Rod
Published in The American Poetry Review Volume 30 No. 3 An excerpt: In Call Me Ishmael Charles Olson writes, “I take SPACE to be the...
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Dec 23, 20211 min read
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Memories are Made of This: Jimmy Karcher's Ford
In 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....
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Dec 23, 202112 min read
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How Cool Cars, High Art Was Born
In 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...
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Dec 23, 20213 min read
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A Longer Bio on Jack DeWitt
Although DeWitt started writing poems as an undergraduate at Northeastern where he met the poets Jon Anderson, Harold Bond, Joseph...
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Dec 23, 20212 min read
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Death Metal
When Paul Walker died in the fiery crash of his Porsche Carrera GT on 11/30/2013 in Valencia, California, it was an eerie reminder of...
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Dec 23, 202114 min read
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Did you miss my Kustom Kulture lecture?
Thank you to Northeastern for recording our talk about customizing cars as a form of art. Here's a recording of the full talk for anyone...
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Nov 22, 20211 min read
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Cool Cars, High Art: The History of Custom Car Culture
Hot rods and custom cars are powerful symbols of rebellion, invention, and a high-octane lifestyle that has continued to evolve for most...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
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Books & The World
Jack's interview Varian Pike's background, the real life connections behind the crimes, and the inspiration for creating the world.
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Jan 19, 20201 min read
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