Foley, Jack

Jack Foley is an innovative, widely-published poet and critic who, with his wife, Adelle, performs his work frequently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Among his many books of poetry are Letters/Lights-Words for Adelle, Gershwin, ADRIFT (nominated for a Northern California Book Reviewers' Award), EXILES, Fennel in the Rain (with Adelle Foley), Ash on an Old Man's Sleeve, and A Disordered City (included in Ahadada Reader 3). His books of criticism include the companion volumes O POWERFUL WESTERN STAR (which received the Artists Embassy Literary/Cultural Award 1998-2000) and Foley's Books as well