August 31st, 2011
Jack Varnell Interviewed by Annie Perconti
Tags/ Posted by Carmelita CaruanaIf souls must be here they do not watch us even accidentally for a moment—not being subject to the laws of chance. With the kindly detachment of settlement house angels they overlook our lives.continue reading this poem
“This is not a poet using images to compliment his work, it is a poet using images as poetry.” – Fran Lock, reviewing Jack Varnell.
Annie Perconti in conversation with Jack Varnell about being an ‘emotional orphan’, the origin of broadside poetry, and the release of his chapbook The Lexicon of the Orphanage.
