Alice Jones (poet)

Alice Jones is an American poet, physician, and psychoanalyst. Her most recent collection of poetry is Plunge (Apogee Press, 2012). Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Antioch Review,[1] Ploughshares,[2] Poetry, The Boston Review, The Denver Quarterly, and Chelsea. Her honors include fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and the National Endowment for the Arts.[3]

She is a training and supervising analyst on the faculty of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, and practices in Berkeley, California.[4] She is also co-editor of Apogee Press.[5]

Awards

  • 2013 "Plunge" was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry
  • 2009 First Annual Narrative Magazine Poetry Award
  • 2006 Lyric Poetry Award (Poetry Society of America)[6]
  • 2001 Robert H. Winner Award (Poetry Society of America)
  • 1999 Jane Kenyon Chapbook Award[7]
  • 1992 Beatrice Hawley Award
  • 1994 NEA fellowship in poetry.[8]

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections

  • Plunge. Apogee Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9787667-9-5.
  • Gorgeous Mourning. Apogee Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-9744687-1-6.
  • Extreme Directions (Omnidawn, 2002)
  • The Knot (Alice James Books, 1992)

Chapbooks

  • Anatomy (Bullnettle Press, 1992)
  • Isthmus. Alice James Books. 2000. ISBN 978-1-882295-27-2.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-77035115.html
  2. ↑ http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=778
  3. ↑ Ploughshares > Authors & Articles > Alice Jones
  4. ↑ Eugene J. Mahon, A Review of The Knot by Alice Jones, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly Issue 65 (1996):443-445
  5. ↑ "Alice James Books > Author Page > Alice Jones". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  6. ↑ "Poetry Society of America > 96th Annual Award Winning Poems > Lyric Poetry Award > Alice Jones > Valle d'Aosta". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  7. ↑ Alice James Books > Past Award Winners Archived 2008-07-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
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