email: jcurl@red-coral.net ABOUT ME I was born and mostly raised in Manhattan, and some in New Jersey. I received a BA in comparative literature from New York City College in 1965. I have an extraordinary daughter, and I've lived in the Bay Area since 1971, where I...
I was a custom woodworker at Heartwood Cooperative Woodshop in Berkeley for over forty years. A group of us ran the shop, usually six to eight who worked full time, plus a few part-timers and hobbyists. I did mostly cabinetry, a lot of kitchens, some furniture, and a...
FOREWORD TO MY POETRY BY JACK HIRSCHMAN, 2012 Jack's Foreword to Revolutionary Alchemy, 2012 Berkeley Barb 1975 Poetry Flash 1981 L.A. Vanguard 1976 City Arts San Francisco 1982 WorkForce 1975 Challenge 1975 ROGER TAOS, L.A. Vanguard...
POETRY POSTERS, 1977-1982 This is a series of over fifty poem broadsides that I printed, posted in public places, and gave away in the streets and at readings and in the San Francisco Bay Area during between around 1977 and '82. Included in the collection are other...
On November 1, 1973, three Emeryville, CA white police gunned down Tyrone Guyton, a fourteen-year-old Black teenager from behind. The Oakland Black Panthers launched a major campaign to bring the killer cops to justice. I wrote a poem about it, entitled, "Emeryville...
A Drama by John Curl CHARACTERSCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUSCAONABO, chief of HaitiCOMMANDER BOBADILLA, Royal InquisitorANACAONA, an Indian woman, spiritual leaderHATUEY, a young Indian manLIEUTENANT OJEDA, a career officerFRIAR BUIL, a worldly monkFRIAR MONTESINOS a young...
Poetry in the Streets 1973-1976 In 1971 I returned to California after living in Drop City, Colorado, for two and a half years, and then in New Mexico for two years, where I worked on the Navajo Reservation. I settled in Berkeley and soon began reading my work at open...
J.C. at Bird and Beckett Bookstore Interview with Avotcja on KPFA Mutual Interview with Jack Foley Interview with Mary Jane Poppoff on KAHI Sacramento www.kahi.com Interview with Roy Richards on WebTalkRadio
The Outlaws of Maroon a novel by John Curl Read by Tiana Melvina Maroon Opening Credits About The Author Maroon Chapter One Maroon Chapter Two Maroon Chapter Three Maroon Chapter Four Maroon Chapter Five Maroon Chapter Six Maroon Chapter Seven Maroon Chapter Eight...
You can listen to the audiobook of The Outlaws of Maroon, read by Tiana Melvina, HERE You can read and download the novel as a pdf HERE: The_Outlaws_of_Maroon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9lfRSg3P08&feature=youtu.be The Outlaws of Maroon is an adult novel...
DANCE OF THE CONDOR AND EAGLE FREE PDF HERE Oral history of my trip to the Indigenous conference in Quito, Ecuador in 1990, which initiated the movement to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in place of Columbus, the first European colonizer in the Americas. (1991)...
Videos on My Poetry Channel www.youtube.com/user/JohnCurlPoetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMVya43SPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtASKYnefH0 Rainbow Weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mfAuOq3OzM A Wheel in a Wheel...
POETRY - NOVELS - MEMOIR - HISTORY POETRY YOGA SUTRAS OF FIDEL CASTRO, 2014 FREE PDF COPY HERE REVOLUTIONARY ALCHEMY, 2012 FREE PDF COPY HERE ANCIENT AMERICAN POETS, 2005 FREE PDF COPY HERE SCORCHED BIRTH, 2004 FREE PDF COPY HERE COLUMBUS IN THE...
The destruction of Yugoslavian socialism by the World Bank in the late 20th century is a cautionary tale as Cuba joins today’s globalized corporate economy. Here's my paper, "Market Socialism in Yugoslavia and its Relevance to Cuba", which I read on June 28, 2016, at...
I am co-editor of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade's annual OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM anthology. Volume 4 will come out in November, 2017. All anthologies are available online & at selected bookstores. OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM, Volume 3: Reclaiming Community Edited by...
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