Janet Holmes is an American poet and professor. She was the director of
Ahsahta Press
Anthony Thomas Trusky (14 March 1944 – 28 November 2009) was an American professor, writer, editor, film historian, and book artist. He was known for promoting poetry of the American West, recovering the films of Nell Shipman, and rediscoverin ...
. She is the author of six poetry collections, most recently ''The ms of m y kin'' (Shearsman Books, 2009). Her poems were published in literary journals including ''American Poetry Review,
Beloit Poetry Journal
The ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' is an American poetry magazine established in 1950 at Beloit College.The Best American Poetry 1994
''The Best American Poetry 1994'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor A. R. Ammons.
Poets and poems included
See also
* 1994 in poetry
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The Best American Poetry 1995
''The Best American Poetry 1995'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Richard Howard.
For this edition of the series, Howard announced that "poets whose work has appeared three or more t ...
.'' Her honors include the Minnesota Book Award and fellowships from
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.". On March ...
and the
MacDowell Colony
MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDowell ...
. She earned her B.A. from
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
and her M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College. She taught at Boise State University.
Published works
Full-length collections
* ''The ms of m y kin'' (Shearsman Books, 2009)
* ''F2F'' (
University of Notre Dame Press
The University of Notre Dame Press is a university press that is part of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The press was founded in 1949, and is the largest Catholic university press in the world.
References
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, 2006)
* ''Humanophone'' (University of Notre Dame Press, 2001)
* ''The Green Tuxedo'' (University of Notre Dame Press, 1998)
* ''The Physicist at the Mall'' (
Anhinga Press
Anhinga Press is an American, independent, literary press located in Tallahassee, Fla. The press began in 1972 as an outgrowth of the Apalachee Poetry Center, a non-profit organization promoting the reading and understanding of poetry. In 1976, f ...
, 1994)
Chapbooks
* ''Paperback Romance'' (State Street Press, 1984)