Jean Donnelly

Jean Donnelly is an American poet.

Life
Jean Donnelly studied poetry at the creative writing program at George Mason University, 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, and has taught poetry at Georgetown University.

She lives in Exeter, New Hampshire.

Awards

 * 2000 National Poetry Series, for Anthem

Works

 * "from ANTHEM", Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 2002.
 * "li", Limetree
 * "Gg", Germ
 * (chapbook)
 * (chapbook)

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."