Editing Jackson Mac Low (section)

==Life==
Mac Low received his [[associate's degree]] from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1941—where he continued to take graduate courses in philosophy and literature into 1943—and his [[bachelor's degree]] in [[ancient Greek]] from the evening division of [[Brooklyn College]] in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jacksonmaclow.annetardos.com/bios/cv.htm |title=JACKSON MAC LOW: Curriculum Vitae |access-date=2013-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229053232/http://jacksonmaclow.annetardos.com/bios/cv.htm |archive-date=2013-12-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The higher degree allowed Mac Low to support his artistic career as an instructor of [[English as a second language]] at [[New York University]] from 1966-1973 and as a reference book editor for many publishers, including [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]], [[Funk & Wagnalls]], [[Pantheon Books|Pantheon]], [[Bantam Books|Bantam]], and [[Macmillan Publishers (United States)|Macmillan]].<ref name="libraries.ucsd.edu"/>

In 1965, Mac Low gave lectures on [[music|mousike]] for the newly founded [[Free University of New York]].<ref>
{{Cite journal
| last = Berke
| author-link = Joseph Berke
| first = Joseph
| title = The Free University of New York
| journal = Peace News
| volume =
| issue =
|date=29 October 1965
| pages = 6–7
| url =
}} as reproduced in {{Cite book
 |last=Jakobsen 
 |first=Jakob 
 |title=Anti-University of London–Antihistory Tabloid 
 |publisher=MayDay Rooms 
 |location=London 
 |year=2012 
 |pages=6–7 
 |url=http://maydayrooms.org/room-3-research/ 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012141942/http://maydayrooms.org/room-3-research/ 
 |archivedate=2012-10-12 
}}</ref>

From 1964 through 1980, Mac Low participated as a visual artist, composer, poet, and performer in the Annual Festivals of the Avant-Garde in New York. In 1968, he signed the "[[Writers and Editors War Tax Protest]]" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>"Writers and Editors War Tax Protest", ''New York Post'', January 30, 1968.</ref> His work was published in [[0 to 9 Magazine|0 to 9 magazine]], an avant-garde publication that experimented with language and meaning-making. In 1969 he produced computer-assisted poetry for the Art and Technology Program of the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]].

Beginning in 1981, Mac Low and [[Anne Tardos]] wrote, directed, and performed in seven radioworks.

In 1986, he received a Fulbright travel grant for New Zealand, where he was the keynote speaker at the Australia and New Zealand American Studies Association conference at the [[University of Auckland]].  He also participated in a composers' conference and led a workshop in [[Nelson, New Zealand]]. He read, performed, was interviewed, and led workshops in [[Wellington]], [[Dunedin]], and [[Auckland]] as well.

In 1989, Mac Low participated in the Fine Arts Festival at the [[University of North Carolina]].  From 1990 to 1991, Mac Low served on the poetry panel of the [[New York Foundation for the Arts]]. In 1993, Mac Low and Anne Tardos gave a joint concert of their works for voices with prerecorded tapes at Experimental Intermedia, [[New York City]]. In January 1996, he presented readings and performances at Cowell College of the University of California, Santa Cruz.

In 2000, Mac Low performed two readings of his poetry at the Bjørnson Festival 2000 in [[Molde (town)|Molde]], Norway. He also unveiled a monument to [[Kurt Schwitters]] on an island off Molde.