NEW YORK CITY in the1950s
THE POETRY OF FRANK O’HARA In the 1950s, New York had usurped Paris as the art capital of the world. Painters such as Jackson Pollack, Willem DeKooning and Larry Rivers Continue Reading →
Author Archives: John Surowiecki
Keep Your Fork, There’s Pie!
February 11, 2:00 to 4:00 PM A Reading by John Surowiecki and Edwina Trentham Edwina Trentham will read from her poetry chapbook, Dinner Parties, a sonnet series illustrated by artist Nancy Continue Reading →
John’s twelfth poetry book
Martha Playing Wiffle Ball in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems John’s twelfth poetry book, Martha Playing Wiffle Ball in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems (2017) will be published Continue Reading →
Winner of Encircle Publications 2015 Chapbook Contest.
Missing Persons Winner of Encircle Publications 2015 Chapbook Contest. “John Surowiecki is one of our bravest and most humane poets. He is a master of of the elegy, and his Continue Reading →
2015 Nilsen Prize for a First Novel Winner
Pie Man (Nilsen Prize for a First Novel Winner) John’s first novel, Pie Man, published by Southeast Missouri State Press won the Nilson Prize for a First Novel. On his Continue Reading →
Laurie Rosenblatt Reviews Further Adventures of My Nose
Reprinted from Fiddler Crab Review Further Adventures of My Nose Review by Laurie Rosenblatt January 2010 Small in size, text in Cochin with titles in Copperplate, printed on soft paper, and Continue Reading →
Jessica Winter Reviews My Nose and Me
Reprint from The Poetry Foundation Gogol News Introducing My Nose and Me, winner of the Poetry Foundation’s first Verse Drama Prize. by Jessica Winter Introduction “All of a sudden he thumbs himself Continue Reading →