Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Encyclopedia
Jeanne Marie Beaumont is an American poet, author of three poetry collections, most recently, Burning of the Three Fires (BOA Editions, Ltd. 2010) and Curious Conduct (BOA Editions, Ltd.
, 2004). Her work has appeared in Boston Review, Barrow Street, Colorado Review, Court Green, Harper’s, Manhattan Review, The Nation, New American Writing, Poetry Northwest, Witness, and World Literature Today, and she has had poems featured on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor. In 2006, San Francisco film-maker Jay Rosenblatt made a film based on her poem "Afraid So" as narrated by Garrison Keillor. The film has been shown at several major international film festivals, and included on a program of Rosenblatt's work screened at the Museum of Modern Art in October 2010. Beaumont was co-editor of American Letters & Commentary from 1992 to 2000. She grew up in the suburban Philadelphia area and moved to New York City
in 1983. She earned her B.A. from Eastern College and an M.F.A. in Writing from Columbia University
. She has taught at Rutgers University and regularly teaches at the 92nd Street Y. She served as the Director of the The Frost Place
Advanced Seminar from 2007–2010, and serves on the faculty for the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing
.
Anthologies Edited
Anthology Publications
BOA Editions, Ltd.
BOA Editions, Ltd. is an American independent, non-profit literary publishing company located in Rochester, New York, founded in 1976 by the late poet, editor and translator, A...
, 2004). Her work has appeared in Boston Review, Barrow Street, Colorado Review, Court Green, Harper’s, Manhattan Review, The Nation, New American Writing, Poetry Northwest, Witness, and World Literature Today, and she has had poems featured on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor. In 2006, San Francisco film-maker Jay Rosenblatt made a film based on her poem "Afraid So" as narrated by Garrison Keillor. The film has been shown at several major international film festivals, and included on a program of Rosenblatt's work screened at the Museum of Modern Art in October 2010. Beaumont was co-editor of American Letters & Commentary from 1992 to 2000. She grew up in the suburban Philadelphia area and moved to New York City
New York City
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in 1983. She earned her B.A. from Eastern College and an M.F.A. in Writing from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. She has taught at Rutgers University and regularly teaches at the 92nd Street Y. She served as the Director of the The Frost Place
The Frost Place
The Frost Place is a museum and nonprofit educational center for poetry located at Robert Frost's former home in Franconia, New Hampshire, USA....
Advanced Seminar from 2007–2010, and serves on the faculty for the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing
Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing
The Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing is a graduate program in creative writing based at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. It enrolls approximately 100 students in four major genres: creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and popular fiction...
.
Honors and awards
- 1996 National Poetry SeriesNational Poetry SeriesThe National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
, for Placebo Effects, William MatthewsWilliam Matthews (poet)William Matthews was an American poet and essayist.-Life:Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Matthews earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University, and a master's from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.In addition to serving as a Writer-in-Residence at Boston's Emerson College, Matthews... - 2003 The Greensboro Review literary award for poetry
- 2009 Dana Award for poetry
Published works
- Burning of the Three Fires, BOA Editions, Ltd. 2010. ISBN 978-1-934414-40-8
Anthologies Edited
Anthology Publications
- Don't Leave Hungry:Fifty Years of Southern Poetry Review (University of Arkansas PressUniversity of Arkansas PressThe University of Arkansas Press is a university press that is part of the University of Arkansas. It was established in 1980, and the press issues an average of twenty titles per year. The press is a member of the Association of American University Presses....
, 2009) - When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women (Autumn House PressAutumn House PressAutumn House Press is an independent, non-profit literary publishing company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette poetry feature, Bob Hoover writes that "Simms says he started the operation after he noticed that the 'large traditional commercial presses, had...
, 2009) - Good Poems for Hard Times (VikingVikingThe term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
, 2005) - Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days (University of Iowa Press, 2010)
- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007 (St. Martin's Griffin Press, 2007, ISBN 0-312-36942-5)
- Blues for Bill: A Tribute to William Matthews (University of Akron Pr., 2005)
- Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World's Most Popular Poetry Website (Sourcebooks, Inc, 2003)
External links
- Author's Website
- Profile: Columbia Magazine > The Project of Making: Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont by Andrew Krivak
- Poem: Starting Today: Poems for the First 100 Days > April 7, 2009 > Day #78 > Rite (to Forge Armor for an Orphan) by Jeanne Marie Beaumont
- Poem: Boston Review > Making History by Jeanne Marie Beaumont
- http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1110