Patricia Spears Jones
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Patricia Spears Jones | |
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 Jones at the Kelly Writers House in 2016 | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Forrest City, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rhodes College; Vermont College |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Awards | Jackson Poetry Prize |
Patricia Spears Jones (born 1951) is an American poet. She is the author of five books of poetry. Jones is the editor of "The Future Differently Imagined", an issue of About Place Journal, the online publication of Black Earth Institute.[1] Previously, she was the co-editor for Ordinary Women: Poems of New York City Women. Her poem "Beuys and the Blonde" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.[2] Jones was the winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize for 2017,[3] and she was the 2020 Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University.[4]
A native of Forrest City, Arkansas, Jones lives in New York City.[5] She received her BA degree from Rhodes College in 1973,[6] and her MFA from Vermont College in 1992.[7] She has been a constant presence in the New York writing community.
Bibliography
[edit]Poetry collections
- A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems (White Pine Press, 2015) ISBN 9781935210696
- Living in the Love Economy (Overpass Books, 2014) ISBN 9780983220664
- Painkiller: Poems (Tia Chucha Press, 2010) ISBN 9781882688401
- Femme du Monde (Tia Chucha Press, 2006) ISBN 9781882688319
- The Weather That Kills (Coffee House Press, 1995) ISBN 9781566890298
Honors and awards
[edit]- 1994 — National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship, recipient[8]
- 1996 — Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award[9]
- 2000 — Featured in The Best American Poetry (edited by Rita Dove)
- 2017 — Jackson Poetry Prize (awarded by Poets & Writers)[3]
- 2018 — Rauschenberg Foundation Resident—Captiva Island, Florida[10]
- 2018 — Her poem "Seraphim" listed in The New Yorker's Years in Poems[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Patricia Spears Jones".
- ^ Bhuvaneswar, Chaya (September 2, 2020). "Building and Building: Talking with Patricia Spears Jones". The Rumpus. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "Patricia Spears Jones wins $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize". Poets & Writers. April 18, 2017.
- ^ "Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-In-Residence | =Recent Writers-in-Residence". Hollins University. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Sandage, Chivas (March 28, 2019). "Ms. Muse: Patricia Spears Jones Fights Patriarchy and Racism with Feminist Poetry". Black Earth Institute. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Rhodes Alumna Patricia Spears Jones '73 Wins Prestigious Jackson Poetry Prize". Rhodes College. April 19, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Patricia Spears Jones". Foundation for Contemporary Arts. 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ NEA Literature Fellowships > 40 Years of Supporting American Writers Archived August 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Patricia Spears Jones :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ "Past Residents". Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. October 15, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Aizenman, Hannah (December 24, 2018). "Our Year in Poems". The New Yorker.
External links
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- Patricia Spears Jones Official Homepage
- Bio at Tennessee Authors
- Bio at Poets & Writers
- Patricia Spears Jones books on Amazon
- Patricia Spears Jones papers, 1970s-2010s, held by Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.
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