Jack Powers is the founder of Stone Soup Poets a venue of poetry readings, publishing and activism in the Boston-area since 1971. This blog is dedicated to Powers, his poetry, life and times.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Steve Gines on Jack Powers
Steve glines is the founder of The Wilderness House Literary Review http://whlreview.com and ISCSpress.com
When I used to hang out at the Grolier there was a constant coming and going of posing poets. Readings were largely for established poets and I was not established. There were no open readings and few open submission poetry journals. I complained about this state of affairs to Gordon Carnie. He gruffly told me that I should start my own publishing house (I did, it was called Brahman Publishing) and that the poets that strutted around his shop were awful. If I wanted to hear real poetry,experience real poets, I should go to Stone Soup and Jack Powers. From then on I've been a Jack Powers fan and an occasional visitor to Stone Soup. In 1998 my daughter Kitty wanted a venue to read her poetry.Remembering the gentleness and genuine welcoming atmosphere of Stone Soup it was the first venue we visited.
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