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January O'Neil

January O'Neil

Author's Bio

January Gill O’Neil is the author of UNDERLIFE (CavanKerry Press 2009). Her poems and articles have appeared in Poets for Living Waters, North American Review, The MOM Egg, Crab Creek Review, Ouroboros Review, Drunken Boat, Crab Orchard Review, Callaloo, Literary Mama, Field, Seattle Review, and Cave Canem anthologies II and IV, among others. She was featured in Poets & Writers magazine’s January/February 2010 Inspiration issue as one of its 12 debut poets. One of her poems has been nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize. Most recently, she was added to the advisory board/planning committee for the 2011 Massachusetts Poetry Festival. A Cave Canem fellow, January is a senior writer/editor at Babson College, runs a popular blog called Poet Mom (http://poetmom.blogspot.com), and lives with her two children in Beverly, in Beverly, MA.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Underlife (CavanKerry Press, 2009)
Journals:
Callaloo, Can We Have Our Ball Back, Crab Creek Review, Crab Orchard Review, Drunken Boat, Field, Literal Latte, Literary Mama, Ouroboros Review, Seattle Review, Stuff Magazine, The MOM Egg
Prizes:
UNDERLIFE was a finalist for ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award, and the 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize. In December 2009, January was awarded a Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund grant.

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Listing last updated: May 31, 2011

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Identifies as:
African American
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Norfolk, VA
Raised in:
Norfolk, VA

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