Julie Sheehan

Julie Sheehan (born in Iowa) is an American poet.

Life
She graduated from Yale University, and Columbia University.

She lives in Long Island, New York, with her son, and is currently Director of the MFA in Creative Writing & Literature program as well as an assistant professor at Stony Brook Southampton.

Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Paris Review, Southwest Review, Texas Review and Western Humanities Review.

Awards

 * 2009 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in poetry
 * 2008 Whiting Award
 * 2005 Barnard Women Poets Prize
 * Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry, Paris Review
 * Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America.
 * Poets Out Loud Prize

Works

 * "Dependent Clause", Huffington Post
 * "Ash Grove of Ash", Drunken boat