Jean Nordhaus

Poet

Washington, DC
District Of Columbia US
Email: 
jfnordhaus@gmail.com

Author's Bio

Studied philosophy at Barnard College & German Literature at Yale University. Taught workshops for many years at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Md. Coordinated poetry programs for the Folger Shakespeare Library, served for 6 years as President of Washington Writers' Publishing House and, for 8 years, as Review Editor of Poet Lore.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Memos from the Broken World (Mayapple Press, 2016)
,
Innocence (Ohio State University Press, 2006)
,
The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn (Milkweed Editions, 2002)
,
My Life in Hiding (Quarterly Review of Literature, 1991)
,
A Bracelet of Lies (Washington Writers' Publishing House, 1987)
Journals:
American Poetry Review
,
Hudson Review
,
Innisfree
,
Poetry
,
Prairie Schooner
,
Washington Review
,
West Branch
Prizes won: 

Colladay Prize, Quarterly Review of Literature; Charles B. Wheeler Award Ohio State University Press; Edward Stanley Award, Prairie Schooner

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky, The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald, Primo Levi by Survival in Auschwitz

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, German
Born in: 
Baltimore
Raised in: 
Baltimore
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Last update: Oct 04, 2019