McCarthy, Jack, 1939-2013
Dates
- Existence: 1939 - 2013
John (Xavier) McCarthy was born on May 23, 1939 in South Boston, MA. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1967. McCarthy began writing poetry in the 1960s. However, he was not able to make a living writing poetry and so, after a brief stint of teaching at Mt. Herman Academy, began a career as an information technologist, working with banks and insurance companies. In 1993, he began his career as a "slam" poet participating in competitions and teaching workshops. In 1999, McCarthy was named best stand up poet in the "Boston Phoenix" Best Poll and in 2007, he was the winner in the Haiku category at the Individual World Poetry Slam. McCarthy died on January 17, 2013.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Box: 2, undated
MS-1348: Jack McCarthy papers
Box: 2
Scope and Contents
Contains unidentified and unsigned pages of a manuscript by Jack McCarthy, carbon copies.
Found in:
Jack McCarthy papers
Jack McCarthy papers
MS-1348
Collection
Identifier: MS-1348
Overview
Jack McCarthy (1939-2013), poet. Dartmouth College Class of 1967. The collection contains manuscripts and published booklets of McCarthy's poems, as well as correspondence, notes, flyers, clippings, VHS tapes and CD's with readings of his poems.