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Who is Luther Jett?
W. Luther Jett
began writing shortly after learning how to hold a crayon and
started transcribing his ideas onto paper shortly thereafter.
An accomplished poet, he has been published in numerous journals
and anthologies, and has been a featured reader in a variety
of poetry venues, primarily in the Washington D.C. metropolitan
area, where he makes his home.
He has recently completed his first full-length novel, And This I Know Is True, a dystopian adventure for young adults of all ages.
Breaking News
- Poem "The Chalk House" receives First Place award in the Jean Stainback Schmidt Memorial 2010 Poetry Contest, sponsored by the Long Island Poetry Collective.
- Poem "When We First Met" selected to appear on Metro transit buses in Northern Virginia as part of the "Moving Words" Poetry Competition.
Recent Accomplishments
- Solo performance in the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival, presenting Flying To America. "Flying to America is a strange and often inspired journey through the cultural history of these United States. ... [T]here's plenty of beauty to be found within the poet's creative meanderings across the American landscape." (Ben Demers, writing for DC Theatre Scene)
- Featured reader in the Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Reading Series, July 2009.
- Poem "Twenty-three" selected for inclusion in recently published anthology from Poetica Publishing Company, Mizmor L'David Anthology, Volume I: The Shoah, edited by Michal Mahgerefth.
- Featured reader at the Kensington Row Bookshop, May 2010.
Member, The Writers' Center, (4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD)
Listed in Poets & Writers Directory
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Author photograph by Robin Middleton.