Alice Jones (poet)

Alice Jones is an American poet, physician, and psychoanalyst. Her most recent collection of poetry is Plunge (Apogee Press, 2012). Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Antioch Review,^[1] Ploughshares,^[2] Poetry, The Boston Review, The Denver Quarterly, and Chelsea. Her honors include fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and the National Endowment for the Arts.^[3]

She is a training and supervising analyst on the faculty of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, and practices in Berkeley, California.^[4] She is also co-editor of Apogee Press.^[5]

Awards

• 2013 "Plunge" was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry
• 2009 First Annual Narrative Magazine Poetry Award
• 2006 Lyric Poetry Award (Poetry Society of America)^[6]
• 2001 Robert H. Winner Award (Poetry Society of America)
• 1999 Jane Kenyon Chapbook Award^[7]
• 1992 Beatrice Hawley Award
• 1994 NEA fellowship in poetry.^[8]

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections

• Plunge. Apogee Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9787667-9-5. 
• Gorgeous Mourning. Apogee Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-9744687-1-6. 
• Extreme Directions (Omnidawn, 2002)
• The Knot (Alice James Books, 1992)

Chapbooks

• Anatomy (Bullnettle Press, 1992)
• Isthmus. Alice James Books. 2000. ISBN 978-1-882295-27-2. 

References

External links

• Alice Jones website
• Alice James Books > Author Page > Alice Jones
• Omnidawn > Author Page > Alice Jones
• Gorgeous Mourning, Apogee Press
• Poem: Poetry Society of America > 96th Annual Award Winning Poems > Lyric Poetry Award > Alice Jones > Valle d'Aosta
• Audio: The Cortland Review > August 1999, Issue 8 > Nightfall and Paperweight by Alice Jones
• Gorgeous Mourning Review
• Spell, Narrative Magazine