Jeanne Murray Walker

Jeanne Murray Walker’s poems are collected in seven volumes. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, The Nation, Image, and other journals and anthologies, as well as on busses and trains under the auspices of the Poetry in Motion project. A Fellow of the University Center for Advanced Studies, Jeanne has been honored with awards, including the Glenna Luschi Prairie Schooner Award, seven Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Awards, an NEA Fellowship, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. Dr. Walker's prize-winning plays have been produced in theatres in Boston, Washington, Chicago, throughout the Midwest, and in London. Jeanne serves on the Editorial Boards of Shenandoah and Image. She is Professor of English at the University of Delaware, a mentor in the Seattle Pacific Low Residency MFA Program, and a frequent speaker at universities, writing festivals, and conferences around the country. She is co-editor of Shadow and Light.