Street Portraits

Gritty poems about street characters by this award-winning rising star of poetry. Richard Carr has contributed to Street Portraits as an author.Richard Carr grew up in Blue Earth Minnesota and now lives in Minneapolis. A former systems analyst web designer and tavern manager he has taught writing and literature at several universities and community colleges. In addition to the Washington Prize awarded by Word Works for ACE Carrs honors include the Gival Press Poetry Award for Honey and the University of North Texas Press Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry for Mister Martini. He has published widely in journals and anthologies.