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Jerry Garcia is a native of Los Angeles, California who is too old to have
been named after The Grateful Dead guitar hero. He spent his childhood
fearing the bomb and was a teenager during the Summer of Love. He
studied Communication Arts at Loyola Marymount University during the
Watergate Era and became a film editor the year Woody Allen won the
Academy Award for best Direction. He has been a producer and editor of
television commercials, documentaries and motion picture previews.
Jerry lives by the motto “need something done, ask a busy person” and a
philosophy of “don’t run when you can walk, don’t walk when you can
stand and don’t stand when you can sit.”
His interest in poetry resurfaced in the 1990’s when he attended the UCLA
Extension Writer’s Program. He has been a featured poet at venues
throughout Los Angeles, including Beyond Baroque, The World Stage,
Skylight Book Store and the Los Angeles Central Library Aloud Series as
part of the 2006 L.A. Poetry Festival/Beyond Baroque Newer Poets XI. His
poetry and photography have been seen in the likes of The November 3rd
Club, Falling Star Magazine, Lily Literary Review and Poetic Diversity.
He has published several chapbooks including Hitchhiking with the
Guilty and is working on a full-length collection to be titled Cover Band: A
Fan’s History of Music. He currently serves as Co-director of the Valley
Contemporary Poets and on Beyond Baroque’s Board of Trustees.
been named after The Grateful Dead guitar hero. He spent his childhood
fearing the bomb and was a teenager during the Summer of Love. He
studied Communication Arts at Loyola Marymount University during the
Watergate Era and became a film editor the year Woody Allen won the
Academy Award for best Direction. He has been a producer and editor of
television commercials, documentaries and motion picture previews.
Jerry lives by the motto “need something done, ask a busy person” and a
philosophy of “don’t run when you can walk, don’t walk when you can
stand and don’t stand when you can sit.”
His interest in poetry resurfaced in the 1990’s when he attended the UCLA
Extension Writer’s Program. He has been a featured poet at venues
throughout Los Angeles, including Beyond Baroque, The World Stage,
Skylight Book Store and the Los Angeles Central Library Aloud Series as
part of the 2006 L.A. Poetry Festival/Beyond Baroque Newer Poets XI. His
poetry and photography have been seen in the likes of The November 3rd
Club, Falling Star Magazine, Lily Literary Review and Poetic Diversity.
He has published several chapbooks including Hitchhiking with the
Guilty and is working on a full-length collection to be titled Cover Band: A
Fan’s History of Music. He currently serves as Co-director of the Valley
Contemporary Poets and on Beyond Baroque’s Board of Trustees.
Jerry has three daughters, Alison, Emily
and Rosalie. He lives in Studio City with
his awesome wife Becky and their dog
Japhy.
and Rosalie. He lives in Studio City with
his awesome wife Becky and their dog
Japhy.
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