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photo by Peter Vicinanza1996 Boston National Slam Team2000 Worcester National Slam Team2000 National Slam Individual Semi-finalsHippoPress: "stooped, grizzled old... veteran poetry machine."The Boston Phoenix: “Best Standup Poet”Boston Poetry Awards “Best Love Poet,”Cambridge Chronicle: “…sort of grumpy-looking older guy…”Cambridge Poetry Awards “Best Spoken Word (Male)” and “Best Humorous Poet (Male)”Boston Globe: “In the poetry world, he's a rock star.”Stephen Dobyns: "Jack McCarthy is one of the wonders of contemporary poetry…"
"He reminds me of a drunken man in a bar full of snobs, who for some inexplicable reason is always right."—Sam Szabo, grade 7, Rupert A. Nock Middle School, Newburyport, MA
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