Illinois State Library

Individual Author Record

General Information Name:  John Jacob   Pen Name: None Genre: Fiction Poetry Audience: Adult; Born: Chicago, Illinois -- John Jacob on WorldCat -- http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=john+jacob

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Illinois Connection

Jacob is an Assistant Professor of English at Loyola University in Chicago. He lives in Oak Park.

Biographical and Professional Information

John Jacob has had his own collections of both poetry and prose published, starting with his father taking John’s early work to the printer when his son was about 15. So, when Jacob started college he was already familiar with the small press movement. He was the editor and publisher of his own magazine and soon was printing other people’s work. The Small Press Review, a bimonthly, folded only recently after half a century reviewing books of the avant-garde.

After issue number eight, he became a regular contributor. Besides being publicly recognized in several projects related to the new poets and poetry, he has been an English teacher at Northwestern and Loyola University. His work has been published in Chicago Magazine, Mississippi Review, Partisan Review, Poetry and TriQuarterly.

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Awards

Carl Sandburg Award for Scattered, Selected Poems, 1980

Speaking Engagements

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Selected Titles At Your Library

	Hungers / ISBN: 0941363384. OCLC Number: 33944349 Lake Shore Pub.,. .
	Long ride back. ISBN: 0552993522. OCLC Number: 20996588 Black Swan,. .
	Night of the dolphin ISBN: 0974955000. OCLC Number: 62596392 D'Cypher Press,. .
	The light fandango / ISBN: 096146447x. OCLC Number: 19086194 Another Chicago Press ;. .
	Wooden Indian : ISBN: 0914974459. OCLC Number: 14719056 Holmgangers Press,. .