Editor Profiles
Meet Arlo Hennings, PhD
Senior Editor of Illumination Integrated Publications
This post introduces Arlo Hennings, senior editor of illumination integrated publications, a published author, and a top writer on Medium. Dr Hennings started pounding on a mechanical typewriter when he was 15 years old. He wrote poetry and carried the poems around in a suitcase. Arlo Hennings holds PhD in ethnomusicology, Master in Fine Arts (Creative Writing), B.A., PCA (Personal Care Assistant), and ESL teaching qualification.
In 1969 Hennings got the idea to mail his poems to Ferlinghetti. To his surprise, the famed author and publisher wrote back. They became pen pals. In 1985 Ferlinghetti distributed Hennings’ first poetry book “Tomorrow Never Answers.”
During the early 70s, Hennings dropped out of high school. Dodged the Vietnam War draft and hitchhiked across America. His travels took him to Woodstock and the first Rainbow Festival. He met Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters. Hunter S. Thompson. And leaders of the RED movement, Dennis Means and Russell Banks.
In his late teens, he got his first job working in the music business in a dance hall. That experience would lead to a 50-year career in the music business. He worked as a musician. Recording studio engineer. A record company…
