J. Chester Johnson

Poet

New York, NY

New York US

Email:

jchester.gfa@prodigy.net

Website:

www.jchesterjohnson.com

Twitter/X:

@JChesterJohnson

Author's Bio

Recent Books Written: ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL & SELECTED SHORTER POEMS (Second Edition, 2010) - St. Johann Press; NOW AND THEN: SELECTED LONGER POEMS (Published: Jan., 2017) - St. Johann Press; AUDEN, THE PSALMS AND ME (Published by Church Publishing of the Episcopal Church: September, 2017) - memoir, non-fiction; DAMAGED HERITAGE: From The Elaine Race Massacre To Reconciliation (forthcoming) - memoir, non-fiction. Other Publications: International Poetry Review, Green Mountains Review, The New York Times, Quaderns de Versalia, IV (Spain),Best American Poetry blog.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

St. Paul's Chapel and Selected Shorter Poems (Brunswick Publishing Company, 2006)

Curate's Chorus (Juliet Press, 1998)

Lazarus (Juliet Press, 1993)

Journals:

Choice

Cumberland Poetry Review

Evansville Review

Hawai'i Review

International Poetry Review

New York Times

Parnassus

Pegasus Magazine

Potpourri

River Sedge

The Iconoclast

The Lyric

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Inventing The Individual by Larry Siedentop, Descent of the Dove by Charles Williams

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Chattanooga

Raised in:

Monticello, AR

Arkansas

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Last update: May 03, 2019