John Heckman Wright recently relocated to Portland, OR with his husband Brandon and their two cats (aka feline masters) Sarah and Salome.

John spent six years in Chicago, IL where he received an MFA Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During his stint in Chicago he also worked in publishing, non-profit arts and social services, DJ’ed, was an Editor for the now defunct feminist zine PISTIL, and taught college.

John hails from a small town in Eastern Kentucky where he lived for 17 years before moving to Lexington to attend the University of Kentucky. There, he received a B.A. in English from the University in 2001, was awarded the Farquhar Award for Poetry.

John DJs and hikes the beautiful trails of the pacific northwest in his spare time.

You can contact him by sending an email to John [at] johnheckmanwright [dot] com.


Published Work:

  • “And All That Was” Creative Thesis. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, May 2004.
  • “Outside” Collected. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, May 2004.
  • “Scenes from Continental Drift.” Telophase 3. Chicago, 2003.

Teaching

  • Creative Nonfiction, Harper College, Palatine, IL. Spring 2008.

  • American Culture and Literature, St. Augustine’s College, Chicago, IL. Spring 2008.

Reading Performance

  • Actor/collaborator, Gazooly Part of the Rhinoceros Theatre Festival at the at PROP Theatre, Sept 14-Oct 12, 2006.

  • Rec Room Reading Series, August 2004 and April 2005.
  • “Graduate Reading,” The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2004.
  • Featured Reader “SOUPfest,” Lexington, KY, October 2001.
  • Chosen by Kentucky Poet-Laureate James Baker Hall to participate in a reading of “Emerging Kentucky Writers.” Black Swan Books. Lexington, KY, May 2001.