Career
He is a published poet. Hennessy moved to Lawrence when he was 17 years old. He went to the University of Kansas, but dropped out.
He is a self-proclaimed "poetry freak".
In 2005, he released a book of poetry called Cue the Bedlam (More Desperate With Longing Than Want of Air), which was published in December 2005 by Unholy Day Press. Hennessy is currently a Kansas resident, but married his girlfriend in North Carolina and fathered a child with her there.
He currently teaches at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.