About Jack
I grew up in NYC, have an MFA in Writing from Vermont College at Norwich University, and have worked as a geotechnical engineer (dams & tunnels) in the U.S. and abroad. I'm a fiction writer, including YA novels and mainline short stories, and a few of my short stories were published in literary journals. I also do watercolor painting and printmaking (see my art link for life drawing and painti... More
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| 3/31/2013 | think with the story (0 Comments )
 Holden in NYThe title is a spin on some advice that Ezra Pound was reported to have given poets: think with the poem. It can also serve as contrarian advice to fiction writers, who have been taught they must be completely aware of every facet... Read the rest of this post |
| 2/26/2013 | unreliable narrator (0 Comments )
 "I remember her as a plain-looking girl, narrow as a stick, shy, prudish, wouldn't want to show an inch of skin from chin to ankles when about," said our unreliable narrator. The ensuing discussion on 'unreliable narrators' includes... Read the rest of this post |
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| Books Recently Added to Jack's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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Books 1 - 4 of 15 from Jack's bookshelf, View all 15 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. The Hunger Games (Hardcover) Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic Press |
Young Adults |
2/6/2010 Add | |||
| Jack said: This is an engrossing read. Collins has created a retrograde world of a future America, which has followed on some unnamed societal disaster. A central government, the Capitol, has put down rebelli...more tags: I recommend , YA , fantasy | |||||
| 121,429 Reviews | |||||
| 2. The Underneath (Hardcover) Author: Kathi Appelt Illustrator: David Small Publisher: Atheneum |
Ages 9-12 |
11/25/2008 Add | |||
| Jack said: It was such a pleasure to read "The Underneath," by Kathi Appelt. It would be hard to suggest which age group it might best appeal to, perhaps middle grade, but high school, or younger child, or adult...more tags: myth , east Texas , middle grade & up | |||||
| 1,200 Reviews | |||||
| 3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover) Author: Sherman Alexie Illustrator: Ellen Forney Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers |
Young Adults |
4/12/2008 Add | |||
| Jack said: Only Sherman Alexie could have written "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian" and have carried along the reader so effortlessly, and intriguingly. It's not that a good writer couldn't imagi...more tags: YA novel , rites-of-passage , , Native American | |||||
| 8,129 Reviews | |||||
| 4. What I Was: A Novel (Hardcover) Author: Meg Rosoff Publisher: Viking Adult |
Young Adults |
3/21/2008 Add | |||
| Jack said: Author Meg Rosoff has come up with another thoughtful YA novel, "What I Was." Generally, boys are not known for intensity of emotional relationships with other boys, without becoming the story of an o...more tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 269 Reviews | |||||
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