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Joel Fallon

Summary

Joel Fallon (June 16, 1931 - August 11, 2016)[1] was the first Poet laureate of Benicia, California. He is the namesake of the Joel Fallon poetry scholarship[2] awarded annually since 2015[3] to high school students in Benicia, California. He was a founding member of the Benicia First Tuesday Poets, which meets at the Benicia Library monthly since 2003,[4] and also helped begin the Benicia Love Poetry Contest[2] and the annual Poets’ Picnic.[2] He was named Benicia's first poet laureate in 2005.[4] He helped Genea Brice[4] advocate for a poet laureate program in neighboring Vallejo, California. He also served as a vice president of Arts Benicia.[1] Fallon began writing poetry while serving overseas in the United States Army.[4] He was influenced by Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Charles Bukowski.[3] His successors include Robert Shelby, Ronna Leon, Lois Requist, Don Peery, Johanna Ely, and Tom Stanton.[5]

Joel Fallon
Benicia Poet Laureate Joel Fallon
Benicia Poet Laureate Joel Fallon
Born(1931-06-16)June 16, 1931
DiedAugust 11, 2016(2016-08-11) (aged 85)
OccupationPoet laureate of Benicia, California

Works edit

Collections edit

  • Peery, Don, ed. The Book of Joel (Benicia Literary Arts, 2019)[6]

Chapbooks edit

  • Apple Wind[3]
  • A Gathering of Angels[3]
  • Clean Sheets, Dirty Woman[3]
  • Shanghai Wilson[3]

Albums edit

  • Fallon Reads Fallon (2010)[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Joel Fallon Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Sestanovich, Nick (20 April 2018). "Poetry event to raise money for Joel Fallon Scholarship". Benicia Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Sestanovich, Nick (14 August 2016). "Joel Fallon, Benicia's first poet laureate, dies". Benicia Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Widjojo, Irma (26 April 2016). "Voices: First Benicia poet laureate shares love of the art". Vallejo Times-Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Poet Laureate | Benicia Public Library". benicialibrary.org. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. ^ "A Capitol celebration of Joel Fallon, Benicia's first Poet Laureate with launch of The Book of Joel". Benicia Herald. May 16, 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.