Jessy Randall

Poet

Tutt Library Special Collections 1021 N. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: 
719-389-6668

Author's Bio

Jessy Randall grew up in Rochester, NY, where the sky is almost always a pale shade of gray. She has an AB from Columbia University and an MLS from UNC-Chapel Hill and is now the Curator of Special Collections at Colorado College, where she co-teaches a half-credit course in the history and future of the book. She lives in Colorado Springs with her family.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Injecting Dreams into Cows (Red Hen Press, 2012)
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Interruptions: Collaborative Poems (Pecan Grove Press, 2011)
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The Wandora Unit (Ghost Road Press, 2009)
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A Day in Boyland (Ghost Road Press, 2007)
Chapbooks:
Broken Heart Diet (Unicorn Press, 2006)
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Because Mona is the Psychiatric Hospital (Pudding House Publications, 2005)
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Slumber Party at the Aquarium (Unicorn Press, 2004)
Journals:
Antietam Review
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Many Mountains Moving
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McSweeney's
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Mudfish
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Sentence
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West Wind Review
Prizes won: 

Denise Pomeraning Memorial Enrichment Grant, 2011; Pikes Peak Arts Council Grants, 2011 and 2009; Colorado Book Award finalist, 2007; Brain, Child essay contest Honorable Mention, 2002; The Nation poetry contest semi-finalist, 1999.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Hornell
Raised in: 
Rochester, NY
New York
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Last update: May 03, 2013