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Jeanetta Calhoun Mish

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Jeanetta Calhoun Mish is Oklahoma's twenty-first poet laureate.[1] Born in Hobart, OK, in 1961, Mish was educated at The University of Houston, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, and The University of Oklahoma, where she earned her Ph.D. in 2009.[2] She is a faculty member in the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at Oklahoma City University, which she also serves as program director.[3] Mish is also the founder and editor of Mongrel Empire Press, based in Norman, OK.[4]

Bibliography

Tongue-Tied Woman (Soulspeak, 2001)

Work is Love Mad Visible (West End Press, 2009)

Ain't Nobody that can Sing like Me: New Oklahoma Writing, ed. (Mongrel Empire Press, 2010)

Oklahomeland: Essays (Lamar University Press, 2015)

What I Learned at the War (West End Press, 2016)




References

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Arts Council: Oklahoma State Poet Laureate". www.arts.ok.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  2. ^ "Oklahoma's poet laureate, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, finds inspiration from home state". NewsOK.com. 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  3. ^ "Jeanetta Calhoun Mish - Oklahoma City University". www.okcu.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  4. ^ "Small Press Points: Mongrel Empire Press". Poets & Writers. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2018-10-16.