J. Tarwood

J. Tarwood has been a dishwasher, a community organizer, a medical archivist, a documentary film producer, an oral historian, and a teacher. Much of his life has been spent in East Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. He has previously published two books, The Cats In Zanzibar and Grand Detour. He has always been an unlikely man in unlikely places.

Cover for AND FOR THE MOUTH A FLOWER by J. Tarwood. A stylish tattooed person poses with a dressed-up skeleton.

And For The Mouth A Flower – J. Tarwood – 2014

Cover Image: Two people in marriage attire walk down a street crowded with houses. They walk away from us. TEXT: WHAT THE WAKING SEE, New and Selected Poems by J. Tarwood

What the Waking See – J. Tarwood – 2017

The Sublime Way by J. Tarwood

The Sublime Way – J. Tarwood – 2020