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Jack Kimball

24 Dale
Newton, MA 02460-1902



E-mail: jk at fauxpress.com

Academic Education

    Harvard University, Ed.D in sociolinguistics
    University of Massachusetts, MA in applied linguistics
    Clark University, BA in English and American literature

Books

  1. Pathologies, Faux Press, Cambridge, MA (2008) [Verse.]
  2. Post~Twyla, Blue Lion Books, Espoo, Finland & West Hartford, CT (2006) [Poetry & criticism.]
  3. Art in America, Portable Press & Yoyo Labs, Brooklyn, NY (2004) [Verse.]
  4. Frosted, Potes & Poets Press, Bedford, MA (2001) [Poems and prose].
  5. Manship, Detour, New York (2001). [Verse.]
  6. Nitric Oxide and Other Poems, Fauxpress.com/e, Cambridge, MA (2000). [Verse graphics.]
  7. Quite Vacation, Potes & Poets Press, Elmwood, CT (1998). [Verse.]
  8. Witness Protection (with Peter Ganick) Potes & Poets Press, Elmwood, CT (1997). [Verse collaboration.]
  9. Aldo Leopold's "A Sand County Almanac and Other Essays" (Edited by Kenji Noguchi & Jack Kimball) Eihosha, Tokyo (1996). [Annotation of environmentalist classic for Japanese college students.]
  10. English Composition in General Science and Nature (with Sungshim Hong) Hankuk Publishing, Seoul (1995). [Composition textbook.]
  11. Writing about Science! Kaibunsha, Tokyo (1994). [Composition textbook for Japanese college students.]
  12. Implications of Theory for Collaborative Invention, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA (1990). [Argues for a broader conception of group cooperation beyond editing and peer criticism.]

Articles

  1. "The New York School on the Web," article in Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets, Facts on File (2008, forthcoming). [Describes New York School first- and second-generation representation on the internet, and analyzes interactive strategems employed by writers of later generations.]
  2. "Review of Carter Ratcliffe's Arrivederci Modernismo, Laynie Browne's Daily Sonnets, Brian Kim Stefans's Kluge: A Meditation and Other Works," Talisman (2008, forthcoming).
  3. "Shared Regalia: Chapbooks from Mlinko, Barber, and Beckett," Pantaloons [http://pantaloons.blogspot.com] (2007). [Survey of recent emphasis on book production in concert with subject matter.]
  4. "Hoca Fracas: Attitude in Process," Pantaloons [http://pantaloons.blogspot.com] (2006). [Analysis of media-influenced tactics for generating text.]
  5. "Coultas, Mayer, Lyons," Talisman 30-31 (2005-2006) [Review of pedagogic strategies of three New York feminist writers.]
  6. "Review of John Ashbery's Selected Prose," Verse [University of Gerogia] (2005).
  7. "Anti-Poetry," Pantaloons [http://pantaloons.blogspot.com] (2004). [Critique of the use of spam and spam filtering as poetic techniques.]
  8. "Work Types," Poetry Project Newsletter 194 (2003). [Round-up review of mostly New York based writers and artists, including Bruce Andrews, Carol Mirakove, Lytle Shaw, et al., applying sets of conceptually based definitions of 'work.']
  9. "John and the Four Dunn(e)s," Jacket 21 (Spring 2003). [Recount of personal adventures with John Wieners.]
  10. "Stray Items," Readme 5 (Spring 2002). [Application of D Rosenberg's theories of translation to recent works by M Zurawski, D Rothschild, E Friedman, D Cameron, J Davis, S Landers, et al.]
  11. "Tony Towle Up to Now," Introduction, The History of the Invitation, Hanging Loose Press (2001). [Summarizes prosody and stylistics of the last two decades of Tony Towle's poetry.]
  12. "William Bronk and Family," The Body of This Life, Talisman House (2001). [Exploration of points of affinity among Bronk, Louis Zukofsky, Gertrude Stein and Jack Spicer.]
  13. "Mad in Craft: Hannah Weiner and Alan Sondheim," Jacket 12 (2000). [Comparative analysis of 'traumatized' text fields and shared shamanic elements of two postmodern poets.]
  14. "Defib Webartist Interview," Defib June 2000. [Impromptu collaborative performance focused on cybertools and tactics for artists and writers.]
  15. "Web Fame," Readme 3 (Spring 2000). [Outlines features of art and literature Web hosting from the perspectives of artist, curator and 'new' consumer.]
  16. "Questioning Creativity" (with D McMurray and B McVeigh), On JALT'98: Focus on the Classroom, 1999. [Debates definitions and applications of "creativity" for L2 college learners.]
  17. "On the Rugged Path with John Wieners," Readme 1 (Fall 1999). [Analyzes textual and sociohistorical data related to major postmodern American writer.]
  18. "Plain Luxe: Lederer, Spahr, Celona and Corless-Smith," Jacket 8 (1999). [Surveys prosody and lyric strategies of four contemporary writers.]
  19. "Task-Based Medical English: Elements for Internet-Assisted Language Learning," Computer Assisted Language Learning (The Netherlands) Vol. 11, No. 4 (1998). [Illustrates elements of pedagogic tasks in medical English training mediated through the Internet.]
  20. "'Communicative' Alternatives for Teaching First-Year Students of European Languages," Other Language Educators Newsletter Number 11 (December), 1998. [Examines shift from formal-code instruction to communicative approaches in a new foreign language.]
  21. "Constructing L2," ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 416 679 (1998). [Depicts optimal environment for focusing on content for language learning.]
  22. "Building an Understanding of Constructivism," (with J Geraets, S Rule & L Davies) On JALT'97: Trends & Transitions 1998. [Describes foreign language learning within a constructivist theoretical framework.]
  23. "Gertrude Stein and the Natural World," Time-Sense (U.Cal., Davis) No. 1, 1998. [Demonstrates Stein's nature-dependent empiricism.]
  24. "Thriving on Screen: Web-Authoring for L2 Instruction," The Internet TESL Journal February 1998 [Principles for developing online learning resources.]
  25. "Q & A: English for Specific Purposes" (with B Holden), ON CUE Vol. 5 No. 2 (October 1997). [Debates rationales and approaches to teaching ESP.]
  26. "Concept-Acquisition: Tapping the Internet for Ideas," JALT96 Conference Proceedings1997. [Connects theories of language learning to current practice engaging web technologies.]
  27. "Bronk, the Alien," Lo Straniero (Italy) June 1997. [Literary analysis of William Bronk's poetry of estrangement.]
  28. "More than Pedagogy," ON CUE Vol. 5 No. 1 (May 1997). [Introduction to the debate on tracking college students by ability.]
  29. "Poetry Quizzes!" The Internet TESL Journal February 1997. [Demonstration of verse-based vocabulary exercises for advanced learners.]
  30. "Writing on Academic Topics: Externalizing Rhetorical Processes in an Intercultural Context," JALT Journal Vol. 18, No. 1 (1996). [Analyzes how problems in second-language writing are rooted in cultural contrasts.]
  31. "College Writing: Let's Talk about It!" The Language Teacher Vol. 20, No. 7 (1996). [Argues for incorportaing oral as well as written communication in the teaching of composition.]
  32. "What Are We Doing When We 'Talk Science'?" The Internet TESL Journal August 1996. [Psycholinguistic descriptions of teaching and learning English via science content.]
  33. "Cognitive Apprenticeship: Initiating Writers to Norms of Academic Communication," Proceedings of the English Department, Kyushu University 1995. [Argues for introducing writers to modes of English-language thinking and rhetoric.]
  34. "'I Didn't Know I Knew That!' Collaborative Invention for Language Learning and Written Communication," in Culture and Communication: JALT Kansai Conference '94 Collected Papers, (K Kitao, Ed.) Yamaguchi Shoten, Kyoto (1995). [Analyzes how group discussion aids college writers and language learners.]
  35. "Group Communication: Environmental Input for Coming Up with Ideas, Developing Plans and Writing," Linguistic Science Vol. XXX (1995). [Describes features of group work to aid writers.]
  36. "Plato's Communicative Utility in Japan," Studies in English Language and Literature No. 45 (1995). [Examines rhetoric as a tool to help Japanese college writers become more idiomatic in English.]
  37. "Reticence in Flight: The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop," Kyushu American Literature 35 (1994). [Analyzes Bishop's poetic method of composition with respect to her prosody and biographical data.]
  38. "Reading: The Future," Studies in English Language and Literature No. 44 (1994). [Surveys approaches to reading appropriate for Japanese university teaching.]
  39. "Speaking of Science," Linguisitc Science Vol. XXIX (1994). [Presents rationale and suggests methods for choosing science topics for English conversation at the college level.]
  40. "From Deference to Dialogue: Shifting the Dynamics for Asian Learners of European Languages," Chugnam National University, Korea (1993). [Survey of teaching procedures in Japan and East Asia.]
  41. "Implications of Theory for Unevaluative Group Invention in Writing," qualifying paper, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge (1988). [Argues that rhetorical invention has been viewed too narrowly with respect to group efforts.]
  42. "In Common: Students Helping Students" (with S Holmes) Harvard Graduate Society Newsletter (1988). [Describes origins and purposes of new graduate student support service at Harvard.]
  43. "Listening to Write," transcript of presentation to TESOL National Convention, Audio Transcripts, Ltd., Washington, DC (1985). [Demonstrates how poetry and modern music can be used as prompts for student writing in EFL.]

Poetry

    Recent books -- 2008: Pathologies Faux Press, Cambridge, MA; 2006: Post~Twyla, Blue Lion Books, Espoo Finland & West Hartford, CT; 2004: Art in America, Portable Press & Yoyo Labs, Brooklyn, NY; 2001: Frosted, Potes & Poets Press, Bedford MA; Manship, Detour, New York. 2000: Nitric Oxide and Other Poems, Fauxpress.com/e, Cambridge MA. 1998: Quite Vacation, Potes & Poets Press, Elmwood CT. 1997: Witness Protection (with Peter Ganick) Potes & Poets Press, Elmwood CT.

    Recent magazine verse -- Ducky 1; Jacket 15; Funny Business; VeRT 3; Riding the Meridian 2, 2; Can We Have Our Ball Back? 2; Realization; Milk 2; Valentine Files [EPC]; Alterran Poetry Assemblage; Shampoo 2; Readme 3; Windhover 4. Potepoettext 34; Nine to Zero 1; The Animist; flim 3/7; Poetry New York 11; Conspire IX, 9; Boston 1999; Video Tokyo; Potepoetzine 7 & 11. Perforations 17; Reading Room; 5_Trope 3; Bongos of the Lord 6; The East Village 1 & 2.

Internet Texts

  1. Fauxpress.com/e 2000 to present.
    <http://www.Fauxpress.com/e>
    [First editions of e-texts, including "Two Collaborations" by Frank O'Hara & Tony Towle, "Floored" by Marcella Durand, "Red House" by Ray DiPalma, "Mistaken Identity" by Bruce Andrews, "After the Mishap" by Wanda Phipps, and others.]
  2. EOAGH -- #3: Queering Language, co-editor, 2007.
    <http://chax.org/eoagh/issue3/issuethree.html>
    [Largest web-based compendium of queer-language-oriented verse.]
  3. The East Village. 1998-2002.
    <http://www.TheEastVillage.com>
    [Thirteen-volume collection of international poetry and art.]
  4. Funny Business. 2001.
    <http://www.TheEastVillage.com/v11.htm>
    [Two dozen American poets writing in a humorous vein.]
  5. LA | NY. 2000.
    <http://www.TheEastVillage.com/lany.htm>
    [A collection featuring more than 60 poets and artists based in LA and NY.]
  6. Boston 1999.
    <http://www.TheEastVillage.com/vb.htm>
    [An anthology of over 30 poets and artists associated with Boston.]
  7. Video Tokyo. 1999.
    <http://www.TheEastVillage.com/v6.htm>
    [Performance clips from a live reading sponsored by The East Village.]
  8. Poetries of Canada. 1998.
    <http://www.TheEastVillage.com/vc.htm>
    [Anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry.]
  9. Student Case Analyses. 1997-2000.
    <http://www.Fauxpress.com/kimball/case.html>
    [Clinical problem-sets on nutrition and heart disease with more than 250 student-composed responses.]
  10. Student Essays on World Health. 1997-2000.
    < http://www.Fauxpress.com/kimball/wh/index.htm>
    [Proposals written by more than 50 students for addressing global health problems.]
  11. American Poetry for Students of English Worlwide. 1997.
    <http://www.Fauxpress.com/kimball/ex/po.htm>
    [Advanced EFL vocabulary and critical thinking exercises based on contemporary verse.]
  12. Topics in Medical English. 1996-2000.
    <http://www.Fauxpress.com/kimball/med/1.htm>
    [Reading and reference materials for EFL medical students.]
  13. Writing Exercises in Science. 1996.
    <http://www.Fauxpress.com/kimball/w/logo.htm>
    [EFL composition exercises with hyperlinked vocabulary.]

Book Reviews

  1. "The 'Winter Mind'" Sagetrieb, 16, 3 (2000). [Surveys analytical categories in B Kimmelman's study of W Bronk's poetry.]
  2. "The Biology of Writing," Applied Psycholinguistics, Oxford University Press (1992). [Reviews approaches to writing that derive from behaviorist psychology.]
  3. "The Computer Book," TESOL Quarterly (1986). [Review of texts on technology as it impacts on writing and thinking in a second language.]

Presentations

  1. "Jack Kimball on Defib," Online Interview, Webartery.com (June 2000).
  2. "Lyric of Nonbelief," William Bronk Symposium, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJ (November 1999).
  3. "Specifying EAP by Looking at Learner Tasks and Concepts," JACET Kyushu-Okinawa 15th Annual Conference, Civil Aviation College, Miyazaki (November 1999).
  4. Panelist: "ESP in the 21st Century: New Trends, New Challenges," AILA'99 (12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics), Waseda University (August 1999).
  5. "Pathology as Task: The Anomalous Poetries of Hannah Weiner and Alan Sondheim," Kyushu American Literature Society, Fukuoka University (May 1999).
  6. Moderator: CUE Forum on Higher Education, JALT'98 International Conference, Omiya (November 1998).
  7. Moderator: "Bob Perelman's Blending of 'High' and 'Low' Culture," American Literature Society of Japan, 36th National Conference, Hiroshima Jo-Gakuin University (October 1998).
  8. "Discipline-Specific Language Study: When It Works and When It Doesn't," JACET National Conference, Shuojitsu Women's College, Okayama (September 1998).
  9. "Thinking and Writing, Webwise," Fukuoka JALT (May 1998)
  10. "The Internet as Interactive Text," Multimedia Conference in English Education, Korea Maritime University, Pusan (November 1997).
  11. "Constructing L2," Building an Understanding of Constructivism Colloquium, JALT'97 International Conference, Hamamatsu (October 1997).
  12. "Thriving on the Web," CALL Roundtable, JALT'97 International Conference, Hamamatsu (October 1997).
  13. "Small Victories in the Poetry of William Bronk," IMSE, Oxford (August 1997).
  14. "Teaching on the Internet," LLA, Kagoshima Institute of Technology (June 1997).
  15. "ESP and the Web," LLA, Kagoshima Institute of Technology (June 1997)
  16. "Concept-acquisition: Tapping the Internet for Ideas," JALT '96, Hiroshima International Conference Center (November 1996).
  17. "Using the Internet for Crosscultural Problem-based ESP," JACET National Conference, Otani University, Kyoto (September 1996).
  18. "Writing: Let's Talk about It!" JACET, Kagoshima University (October 1995).
  19. "Gertrude Stein and the Natural World," English Literary Society of Japan, Tsukuba University, Tokyo (May 1995).
  20. "Gertrude Stein and the Natural World," Kyushu American Literature Society, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (May 1995).
  21. "Contrasts and Common Ground in the Poetry of Ashbery and O'Hara," American Literature Society of Japan, 32nd National Conference, Aichi Gakuin University (October 1994).
  22. "Writing on Science Topics," JACET, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka (October 1994)
  23. "Writing on Academic Topics," JALT, Doshisha University, Kyoto (November 1994).
  24. "Writing on Academic Topics," JALT, Showa Women's College, Tokyo (December 1994).
  25. "Reading: The Future," Kagoshima JALT (June1994)
  26. "From Deference to Dialogue," First Annual Conference on the Reorientation of Foreign Language Education, Chungnam University, Korea (October 1993).
  27. "Street Musicians: The Poetry of Ashbery and O'Hara," Kyushu American Literature Society, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (December 1993).
  28. "Communicating across Cultures," ESL Teacher Training Institute (sponsored by US Education Development Office), Boston (April 1987).
  29. "Listening to Write," TESOL National Convention, New York City (March 1985).

Community Service and Professional Affiliations

    Now
    -- Founder and Editor: The East Village, Faux Press, Fauxpress.com
    -- Member: Japan Society for Medical English Education, English Literary Society of Japan; American Literature Society of Japan; Japanese Association of Language Teaching (JALT); Japanese Association of College English Teachers (JACET); Kyushu American Literature Society; Language Laboratory Association (LLA) of Japan.

    1997-1998 -- Co-coordinator: College and University Educators (JALT).
    1996-1998 -- Editor: ON CUE (JALT).
    1990-1992 -- Linguistic Consultant: Wallace & Washburn, Inc. Cambridge, MA.
    1990-1991 -- Music Critic: Boston Phoenix.
    1988-1990 -- Member: Faculty Senate, University of Massachusetts.
    1986-1988 -- Graduate Advisor, Co-director: Graduate Support Service, Harvard University.

Summary of Teaching

    Sept. 2000 - June 2001, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Oct. 1995 - Sept. 2000, Professor of English, Miyazaki Medical College
    Oct. 1992 - Sept. 1995, Visiting Lecturer, Kyushu University
    Sept. 1988 - June 1992, Preceptor, Harvard University
    Sept. 1987 - June 1990, University Supervisor, Harvard University
    Sept. 1986 - Aug. 1987, Fellow, Harvard University
    Sept. 1986 - Jan. 1987, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Sept. 1984 - June 1985, Lecturer, Boston University
    July 1984 - June 1992, Lecturer, University of Massachusetts


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