JACK C BUCK
Jack C. Buck is the author of Deer Michigan, Gathering View, and More Birds. He is a public librarian who lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
BOOKS
Gathering View // South Broadway Press
More Birds // Alien Buddha Press
Deer Michigan // Truth Serum Press
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
you’re missing // Punch Drunk Press (South Broadway Press)
Made a Refuge of // Ghost City Press
Three Poems // Hobart Pulp
The Everyday Miracle // Jack C Buck
ONLINE FEATURES
Review: “We Swim Out Forever”: Jack C Buck’s Gathering View // Maudlin House
AUTHOR INTERVIEW
South Broadway Press interviewed Jack C. Buck to get to know the author of Gathering View.
SBP: WHAT IS FUELING YOUR CREATIVITY RIGHT NOW? WHERE DO YOU FEEL AT YOUR MOST CREATIVE?
JCB: Morning and evening walks are where I catch myself feeling open to new writing ideas. The other hours in a given day are the responsibility of being a parent of two kids under 3 years old, being a husband, and managing a public library as its Library Director.
SBP: WHAT MADE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH POETRY? WHO DO YOU HOPE FINDS YOUR POETRY? WHO IS YOUR ART FOR?
JCB: I liked that poems tell your truth or sometimes given the circumstances your closest truth. Even the poems that are meandering in pacing and length are to the point.
SBP: WHO DO YOU HOPE FINDS YOUR WRITING? WHO IS YOUR ART FOR?
JCB: I’m grateful for anyone and everyone who takes the time to read and listen to any of my writings.
SBP: IF YOUR WRITING WERE A KEY, WHAT DOOR WOULD IT UNLOCK, AND WHAT WOULD YOUR READERS FIND ON THE OTHER SIDE?
JCB: It would open the back door to a house, the feeling would be slightly weird but comforting. Inside, old friends, a worn-out couch, good conversation, and music playing.
SBP: WHAT POEM IN YOUR BOOK WENT TO A PLACE YOU WEREN’T EXPECTING, OR WHICH WAS THE MOST/LEAST CHALLENGING TO WRITE?
JCB: What I liked about the process of writing Gathering View is that I wrote about 90% of the lines on my phone in the Notes app during my daily walks while living in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver. The process of writing this book felt very effortless. Would’ve been more poetic if I had a pen and notebook instead of a phone, but I too have fallen weak to convenience
SBP: WHAT HAS BROUGHT YOU JOY THIS LAST YEAR?
JCB: Working hard to be the best public librarian I can be has been a positive force in response to the mindset some people have that libraries are no longer worth investing in in modern-day America.
SBP: WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT OBSESSION?
JCB: My two kids: Roman and Frances.
SBP: WHAT MAKES SOMETHING HARD TO WRITE OR CREATE?
JCB: The unrelenting time collapse of modern day society makes it difficult to find time to slow down for yourself. One has to make the conscious effort to set aside the necessary hours that’s needed for your health and spirit.
SBP: WHAT IS THE VALUE OF WRITING AND ART IN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD?
JCB: Provides us a chance to feel something without a transaction being involved. That alone is radical.
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