44 pages, perfect bound, The Wordsmith Press Jack McCarthy's second book is subtitled, "Notorious Crowd-Pleasers and Some Small Surprises." That is exactly what you will find in this volume. Jack doesn't think of himself as a "performance poet," but rather as the author of poems that perform themselves, or as a "stand up poetry guy." In the words of Jim Dunn, "He weaves stories that creep slowly down the back stairs of your memory. He talks to you in your own voice."