Anderson, Indiana poet John Hulse releases newest book The Best and Worst Job I Ever Had (selected poems 1985-2005)

John Hulse has published seven books. The Best and Worst Job I Ever Had (selected poems 1985-2005) (2006),Villains of the Impeachment: Sex, Lies and $50 Million Taxpayer Dollars (2004), Democracy for Sale! : The Two Year Search for Extraterrestrials and Campaign Finance Reform (2002), From the Beats to the B Sides (1999) and Teachable Movies for Elementary and Middle School Classrooms (1998), Let’s play... (1996) and Somewhere West of the Fields (1992).

A graduate of Ball State University and New York University, Hulse returned to his native Anderson, Indiana to work on his career as a writer and poet.

Hulse's short stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in more than two hundred magazines including Cinemagazine (Japan), Global Tapestry, Crescent Moon (England), Beneath the Surface (Canada), Rant, The New Press, True Love (NY), Deep, Chaminade Literary Review (HI), Touchstone WI), Catharsis (CA), Catalyst (GA), Phase and Cycle (CO). Also, his work has appeared in 25 anthologies including, Mythic America: An Anthology of New American Poetry (Crescent Moon--England). He was also a featured poet in the 1997 through 2000 editions of The Poet's Market. Hulse received awards from The Bay Area Poets Association, The Southern Writer's Association and the International Library of Poetry including The International Poet of Merit Award, Editor’s Choice Award and The Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence.

The Best and Worst Job I Ever Had mixes Hulse's literary influences of Charles Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, and John Irving to create a Midwestern satire reminiscent of Hunter S. Thompson and Art Buchwald. Hulse brings the Hoosier literary tradition into the 21st Century. The Best and Worst Job I Ever Had is now available online through Publish America (www.publishamerica.com) or at your local bookstore.

John Hulse can be contacted at jhulse23@insightbb.com or via mail 723 Longfellow rd., Anderson, IN 46011 or by telephone at 765-643-3603.

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