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Jeannie E. Roberts [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
US
Email: 
jeannie.roberts10@gmail.com
Bio: 

Jeannie E. Roberts is the author of nine books, including On a Clear Night, I Can Hear My Body Sing, a full-length poetry collection (Kelsay Books, 2025), The Ethereal Effect - A Collection of Villanelles, a full-length poetry collection (Kelsay Books, 2022), As If Labyrinth - Pandemic Inspired Poems, a poetry chapbook (Kelsay Books, 2021), The Wingspan of Things, a poetry chapbook (Dancing Girl Press, 2017), Romp and Ceremony, a full-length poetry collection (Finishing Line Press, 2017), Beyond Bulrush, a full-length poetry collection (Lit Fest Press, 2015), and Nature of it All, a poetry chapbook (Finishing Line Press, 2013). Her second children's book, Rhyme the Roost! A Collection of Poems and Paintings for Children was published by Daffydowndilly Press, an imprint of Kelsay Books (2019). She is also the author and illustrator of Let's Make Faces!, a children's book dedicated to her son (author-published, 2009). Her work appears in North American and international online magazines, print journals and anthologies. She is a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the League of Minnesota Poets, serves as a poetry editor for the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs, and is an Eric Hoffer and a two-time Best of the Net award nominee. She was the guest editor of the Winter/Spring 2024 issue of Bramble, a literary magazine of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. A Midwesterner with degrees in secondary education (B.S.) and arts management (M.A.), she divides her time between Minnesota and Wisconsin. She finds joy drawing, taking walks, photographing nature, and spending time with loved ones.    

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Joy Harjo, Jane Hirshfield, Ted Kooser, W.S. Merwin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mary Oliver, Kay Ryan, David Whyte, and more . . .
Twitter/X: 
@jrcstudios
Born in: 
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Raised in: 
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Website: 
https://www.jrcreative.biz [2]
Prizes won: 

Roberts is an Eric Hoffer (2022) and a two-time Best of the Net award nominee (2021, 2023). In 2007, her poem, "La Luz," won first place in the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra’s statewide poetry contest. Musical composer Daniel Kellogg set her poem to music via an orchestral score with choir. In 2008, this new work was performed by the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra with the Dudley Birder Chorale. In addition to winning first place, two other poems were awarded honorable mentions.  

Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/jeannie_e_roberts

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