Re: Seaborn Jones biography (Ping: George)
Will Dockery
>Will Dockery wrote:
>>George Dance <georgedanc...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>Will Dockery wrote:
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> > > > > > George, I know you're doing a lot of work in Wikipedia, & thought you
> > > > > > might be interested in tinkering with this bio of my friend, the reat
> > > > > > poet Seaborn Jones:
>
> > > > > > This biography of a living person does not include any references or
> > > > > > sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material
> > > > > > about living people that is un-sourced or poorly sourced must be
> > > > > > removed immediately. (September 2009)
>
> > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaborn_Jones_(Poet)
>
> > > > > > Seaborn Jones, born in 1942 is an American poet, a native of Macon,
> > > > > > Georgia. Jones has been published in the New York Quarterly, Southern
> > > > > > Poetry Review, River Styx, Chattahoochee Review, Bogg, Poetry New
> > > > > > Zealand, Pearl, Rockhurst Review, Studio One [disambiguation needed],
> > > > > > Wilshire Review, Louisiana Review and numerous other journals
> > > > > > including translations of his work for European publications. His
> > > > > > poems have been anthologized in 80 on the 80s (Ashland University
> > > > > > Press), Scorched Hands (Pariah Press), Chester H. Jones Foundation,
> > > > > > National Poetry Contest Winners, 1993, and in Java Monkey Speaks
> > > > > > Anthology 3 in 2008. He has received three International Merit Awards
> > > > > > from Atlanta Review. He is the author of five books, Drowning from the
> > > > > > Inside Out (C.V. Editions, Cherry Valley, New York), Lost Keys (Snake
> > > > > > Nation Press, Valdosta, Georgia), Getaway Car in Reverse (Steam Iron
> > > > > > Press), Black Champagne (Middle Georgia College), and X-Ray Movies
> > > > > > (MAS) which received the Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry.
> > > > > > He has been the recipient of the Violet Reed Haas Poetry Prize and was
> > > > > > selected as the 1991 Alan Collins Scholar in Poetry at the Bread Loaf
> > > > > > Writers' Conference. Jones continues to speak and read extensively
> > > > > > throughout the United States.
>
> > > > > > ==External links==
> > > > > > *[http://www.seabornjones.comSeabornJonesWebsite]
> > > > > > *[http://www.myspace.com/seabornjonesSeabornJonesonMySpace]
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> > > > > > [[Category:1942 births]]
> > > > > > [[Category:Living people]]
> > > > > > [[Category:American poets]]
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> > > > > > {{US-poet-1940s-stub}}
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> > > > > Yeah, I did what I could. Main thing, I split it up into different
> > > > > sections, I found a second source on line (the PoetryNet blurb), and I
> > > > > cited everything (so I removed the unsourced tag). I was glad to see
> > > > > only that tag, BTW; it meant the page had been reviewed, and there
> > > > > weren't problems with the notability guidelines. I can't do a thing
> > > > > about the stub tag, though; there's just no other information I can
> > > > > see to add.
>
> > > > Thanks, yes, actual bioraphical information remains a bit slim.
>
> > > I found a third bio on line, from ''Opium'' magazine. Most of it was
> > > CV stuff, like we have, but dated; but it did have the info that Jones
> > > is an ex-Marine. So I put that in.
>
> > I need to point folks like Charles Griffin to the page, there are
> > folks with plenty of details that could be added, if I could get them
> > interested in the idea.
>
> Great. The big problem will be with citing everything. the sources
> don't have to be internet accessible, but it helps. Wiki is especially
> sensitive when it comes to bios of living persons; I suppose there's
> been libellous stuff posted there before. (Well, I'm sure there has; I
> notice ~PJ Ross~ was an editor at one time.) If an uncited statement
> about a living person is challenged, a wiki admin will delete it
> without question.
>
> Ah, here's some good news, which you can find in the article. Seaborn
> won another poetry prize in 2010 -- this one is good for a book and a
> $500 advance on royalties -- so he'll have a new book of poetry coming
> out this year.
>
> Surrealism, too, according to the judges' citation. I hope we won't
> see any hilarious guillotines or anything like that. 8)
There may be yet another award for Seaborn, J.C. Griffith informs me,
when I have time I'll investigate... right now, of course, the
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Will Dockery
Ooops, I meant John Charles Griffin.
> when I have time I'll investigate... right now, of course, the
> Holidays are upon us...
>
> Official line-up for Will Dockery & Friends at Hogbottom: Will
> Dockery, Henry Conley, Gene Woolfolk, Jr., Basil Fitzpatrick, Sandy
> Madaris, Doug Conley, David Schwimmer & Derundo Jenkins! April 30th
> Hogbottom 2011 Music & Bar-B-Que in Fort Mitchell, Alabama!
>
> Hogbottom is very easy to get to, everyone:
>
> From Phenix City, down Highway 431 to Hwy 165, take a left onto 165.
> Take AL 165 South 12 miles to Patterson Road (CR38) THEN Go 1/4 of a
> mile on the right and follow signs. You can't miss it!
>
> http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Will-Dockery/11309736351
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