Jeri Theriault

Poet

South Portland, ME
Maine US
Email: 
theriova@yahoo.com
Website: 
www.jeritheriault.com

Author's Bio

Jeri Theriault’s publications include her award-winning In the Museum of Surrender, Radost, my red and two earlier collections. Her poems and reviews appear in Beloit Poetry Journal, The Texas Review, The American Journal of Poetry, The Rumpus, and many other publications. A Fulbright recipient and three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Jeri won a Maine Literary Award for Poetry in 2019. Her teaching career included six years as the English department chair at the International School of Prague. She lives in South Portland, Maine. www.jeritheriault.com

Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
WAIT: Poems from the Pandemic (Littoral Books, 2021)
,
Balancing Act: An Anthology of Poems by Fifty Maine Women (Littoral Books, 2018)
,
The Return of Kral Majales: Prague's International Literary Renaissance 1990-2010, An Anthology (Litteraria Pragensia Books, 2010)
,
French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets (Louisiana Literature Press, 2007)
,
Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (University Press of New England, 1999)
Books:
Self-Portrait as Homestead (Deerbrook Editions, 2023)
,
Radost, my red (Moon Pie Press, 2016)
Chapbooks:
(M)OTHER (Dancing Girl Press, 2023)
,
In the Museum of Surrender (Encircle Publications, 2013)
,
Catholic (Pudding House Publications, 2002)
,
Corn Dance (Nightshade Press, 1994)
Journals:
Asheville Poetry Review
,
Atlanta Review
,
Beloit Poetry Journal
,
Juked
,
Night Heron Barks
,
Off the Coast
,
Paterson Literary Review
,
The Texas Review
Prizes won: 

2022 NORward Prize (New Ohio Review)

2023 Maine Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship

2023 Maine Writers and Publishers Monson Arts Fellowship

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Waterville, ME
Maine
Raised in: 
Waterville, ME
Maine
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Last update: Aug 17, 2023