Poetry on Brick Street Presents
J.T. Whitehead
J.T. Whitehead has bachelor’s degrees from Wabash College in Enlish and philosophy. He received a master’s degree in philosophy from Purdue University, where he studied existentialism, political philosophy, and Eastern philosophy. He earned a law degree from Indiana University.
He spent tome between schools on a grounds crew, as a pub cook, a delivery man, a book shop clerk, and liquor store clerk. Such work inspired a four-year stint as a labor lawyer on the worker’s side.
He spent tome between schools on a grounds crew, as a pub cook, a delivery man, a book shop clerk, and liquor store clerk. Such work inspired a four-year stint as a labor lawyer on the worker’s side.
Whitehead lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Julia–the founder and executive director of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library–and their two sons, Daniel and Joseph.
Whitehead is the editor in chief of So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. He is a Pushcart Prize-nominated short story author and poet. He has penned three unpublished novels, and has more than 165 published poems. His work has appeared in more than 70 literary journals and small press publications.