John R. Turner

John R. Turner taught at Scott Community College for 38 years. He began live theater there and founded the school literary magazine, editing it for three decades. He has also served as associate poetry editor of STIRRING on line since it began in 1999. Twenty-three of his plays have been produced in the Quad Cities. During that period, he also won the first poetry slams held in Davenport, Moline, and at St. Ambrose University, as well as the first slams ever held on line. He ran a slam room for Warner Brothers for five years. his poetry and stories have appeared in Black&White, The Poet, Lyrical Iowa, Kaleidoscope, Astronomy, Haiku Hut, the Urbanite and other venues for the last half century. In retirement, he’s kept himself busy by putting over 750 reviews of his favorite books on his Facebook page.