Jean Donnelly

Jean Donnelly is an American poet.

Life

Jean Donnelly studied poetry at the creative writing program at George Mason University,^[1] where she co-founded the journal So To Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language & Art.

Her work appeared in Big Allis, Fence, The Germ, Lingo, Situation, and Volt.

She has co-curated the In Your Ear reading series at the District of Columbia Arts Center,^[2] and has taught poetry at Georgetown University.

She lives in Exeter, New Hampshire, with her sons, Jack and Naish.

Awards

• 2000 National Poetry Series, for Anthem

Works

• "from ANTHEM", Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 2002.
• "li", Limetree
• "Gg", Germ
• Anthem. Sun & Moon Press. 2002. ISBN 978-1-55713-405-9.
• The Julia Set. Edge Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-9619097-6-5. (chapbook)

Anthologies

• Catherine Wagner, Rebecca Wolff, eds. (2007). Not for mothers only: contemporary poems on child-getting & child-rearing. Fence Books. ISBN 978-0-9771064-8-6.
• DC Poetry Anthology 2000.

Reviews

Jean Donnelly’s debut volume, Anthem, presents an unusually cohesive, finely conceived examination of contemporary American life from the perspective of an innovative, community-minded poet. The poet is also a mother — a fact most often relegated to bio-note relevance but which in this case is actually central to the poetry itself.^[3]

References

1. http://creativewriting.gmu.edu/alumni_achievements/index.php
2. http://www.dcpoetry.com/iye
3. http://jacketmagazine.com/21/henry-donn.html

External links

• "Heather Fuller", DCPoetry