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"Mr. Jacob's writing is terse and
vivid." — New York Times Book Review
"Jacob creates sharp images and telling
phrases, but there's no self-conscious poetry here. His tone
is unemotional, detached, and spare." — Village
Voice
"I think you achieve effects through
the abruptness of your syntax (or lack of it) coupled with
an explosion of multiple startling images." — Lisel
Mueller, author of Alive Together: New And Selected Poems
(Pulitzer Prize, 1997)
John Jacob was born in
Chicago. He received his A.B. degree from The University of
Michigan and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois
at Chicago. He edited MOJO NAVIGATOR (E) from 1969-1977, an
irregular magazine of poetry and fiction. This is his 18th
book, including literary criticism, short stories, a novel,
and poetry. His most recent book was The Oracle at Okeanos
(Gotta Serve Somebody Press, 2003).
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