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Jack Garvey

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Born

in Lawrence, Mass. 01951, The United States

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Memoir, Music, Nonfiction

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Jack Garvey (1951 - ) was born and raised in Lawrence, Mass., before attending Salem State University where his BA was delayed three semesters by the student newspaper, the anti-war movement, and other counter-culture activities. Unwilling to serve the Fort Kent, Maine, Chamber of Commerce as a reporter for the St. John Valley Times, he disappeared west of the Mississippi River, turning up as a graduate student and teacher of freshman composition at South Dakota State University, as a grant-writer for the United Tribes of North Dakota, as a vagabond on the West Coast, and as a busker in Denver.

Returning to Massachusetts after about eight years--the same time that the Prodigal Son returned to a fatted calf--Garvey landed north of Boston to r ...more

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	Keep Newburyport Weird: An Atlas of Downtown Rhyme & Surfside Reason really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Pay the Piper!: A Street-Performer's Public Life in America's Privatized Times 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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