![]() He was in his early 20s, and he started reading William Faulkner because he thought that “reading Faulkner would save my soul.” The reading inspired in him the desire to start writing. “I'd always thought getting out of college that it was my job to make as much as I could … I think I underestimated how much money you needed to survive.” ![]() ![]() Before Musehouse, SCH and “Spit Back a Boy” (University of Georgia, 2011), his first book of poetry, earned him a Cave Canem Poetry Prize in 2010, and catapulted him onto the Philadelphia literary scene, Pollock worked for four years at an unsatisfying corporate job for a public relations firm in Boston. On April 4 Pollock read some of his poetry at Musehouse: A Center for Literary Arts at 7924 Germantown Ave. “I didn't realize you could kind of cobble together a middle class existence as a poet,” he said. You don't have to live in New York or some glamorous city, dress in black and smoke incessantly, Pollock maintains. “ there is a way to be a writer in a world that is not completely alienating.” “I just want kids to know that there is a path forward,” said Pollock during a recent interview, about his goals as a teacher. ![]() Iain Haley Pollock, who teaches English at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, wrote a collection of poems, “Spit Back a Boy,” which won the prestigious 2010 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.įor the past seven years award-winning poet Iain Haley Pollock has balanced his wonderful craft and teaching English at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH). ![]()
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