Jack Marshall (born 1936)[1] is an American poet and author. He was born to an Iraqi father, and a Syrian mother of Jewish heritage.[2]
Jack Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 25, 1936 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer |
Early life edit
Jack Marshall was born in February 25, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He was raised speaking Arabic in a Mizrahi Jewish household, ruled by traditional Arab Jewish culture.[3] His father worked in the fabric industry.[4] He attended public school as well as a Hebrew school in his neighborhood.
Marshall attended Brooklyn College, where he studied literature.[4] The Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) is where he attended night classes in poetry in 1960 with poets Robert Lowell and Stanley Kunitz.[4][5]
Career and accolades edit
He is the author of numerous books and poems which reflect and explore his cultural heritage. Two examples, From Baghdad to Brooklyn: Growing Up in a Jewish-Arabic Family in Midcentury America, along with Millennium Fever:Poems, proved very successful. He was awarded the PEN West Award and was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, for From Baghdad to Brooklyn.[6]
He is the recipient of two Bay Area Book Reviewers Awards. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008.
Personal life edit
He has lived in El Cerrito, California since the early 2000s.[7]
Works edit
- The Darkest Continent, For Now Press, (1967)
- Bearings, Harper & Row, (1970)
- Floats, Cedar Creek Press, (1971).
- Bits of Thirst, Blue Wind Press, (1976)
- Arriving on the Playing Fields of Paradise, Jazz Press, (1983)
- Arabian Nights, Coffee House Press, (1987)
- Sesame, Coffee House Press, (1993)[8]
- Millennium Fever, Coffee House Press, (1996)
- Chaos Comics, Pennywhistle Press, (1994)
- Gorgeous Chaos; New & Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, (2002)
- From Baghdad to Brooklyn Coffee House Press, (October 1, 2005) ISBN 978-1-56689-174-5
References edit
- ^ a b "Marshall, Jack 1936-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ Coming attractions for fall 2006: Page 2
- ^ Amazon.com: From Baghdad to Brooklyn: Growing Up in a Jewish-Arabic Family in Midcentury America.: Books: Jack Marshall
- ^ a b c Matza, Diane (1998). Sephardic-American Voices: Two Hundred Years of a Literary Legacy. UPNE. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-87451-890-0.
- ^ 08.31.2006 - Lunch Poems' international lineup, Kathleen Maclay, UCBerkleyNews
- ^ What's New in the Library - Lunch Poems reading by Jack Marshall
- ^ Radin, Rick (20 April 2016). "El Cerrito: City kicks off search for poet laureate". East Bay Times. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Sesame by Jack Marshall, Author". PublishersWeekly.com. 1993-01-04. Retrieved 2021-12-08.