January O'Neil

Poet

Beverly, MA
Massachusetts US

Author's Bio

January Gill O'Neil is an associate professor at Salem State University and the author of Glitter Road (forthcoming, 2024), Rewilding (2018), Misery Islands (2014), and Underlife (2009), all published by CavanKerry Press. From 2012-2018, she served as the executive director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. Her poems and articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day series, American Poetry Review, Poetry, and Sierra magazine, among others. Her poem, “At the Rededication of the Emmett Till Memorial,” was a co-winner of the 2022 Allen Ginsberg Poetry award from the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. The recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cave Canem, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, O'Neil was the 2019-2020 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi, Oxford. She currently serves as the 2022-2023 board chair of the Association of Writers and Writers Programs (AWP).

O'Neil earned her BA from Old Dominion University and her MFA from New York University. She currently lives in Beverly, MA with her two children.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Rewilding (CavanKerry Press, 2018)
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Misery Islands (CavanKerry Press, 2014)
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Underlife (CavanKerry Press, 2009)
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Callaloo
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Can We Have Our Ball Back
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Crab Orchard Review
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Drunken Boat
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Field
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Ouroboros Review
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Seattle Review
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Sou'wester
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Stuff Magazine
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TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics
Prizes won: 

January Gill O'Neil's poem, “At the Rededication of the Emmett Till Memorial,” was a co-winner of the 2022 Allen Ginsberg Poetry award from the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. The recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cave Canem, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, O'Neil was the 2019-2020 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi, Oxford. 

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Norfolk, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
Norfolk, VA
Virginia
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Last update: Jul 31, 2023