Chuck Madansky

Chuck Madansky is the author of the full length poetry collection Sometimes the Spoons Talk Back, published in September 2021, and If Life Is Love, published in June 2024, both by Kelsay Books. His poetry has appeared in a variety of journals including The Cape Cod Poetry Review, Pure Slush, Muddy River Poetry Review as well as being featured on WCAI, the Cape Cod NPR station.  A psychotherapist since 1983 and now in semi-retirement, Chuck holds a BA. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Cambridge College and a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Harvard Medical School. His awards include the 1990 Society for Family Therapy and Research, First Writing Award; the 1994 Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Thoreau Award; the 2000 Futon Association of America, “Most Versatile Person in America” Award; the 2010 Cornerstone Award of the Barnstable County Human Rights Commission for his efforts to raise awareness of, and bring an end to, US torture; and the 2021 Splash Award from the Brewster Ponds Coalition. He lives by a pond on Cape Cod with his wife, the poet and playwright Wilderness Sarchild, and their beloved dog Ruby.