Jennifer Horne (poet) explained

Jennifer Horne
Birth Place:Arkansas, U.S.
Education:Hendrix College (BA)
University of Alabama (MA, MFA)
Occupation:writer, poet
Spouse:Don Noble

Jennifer Horne is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction who served as the Poet Laureate of Alabama from 2017 to 2021.[1]

Early life and education

Horne was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She received a BA in the Humanities from Hendrix College. At the University of Alabama, Horne has received an MA in English, an MFA in Creative Writing, and an MA in Community Counseling.[2]

Career

Horne has published three collections of poetry: Bottle Tree, Little Wanderer, and Borrowed Light. In 2014, she published the short story collection Tell the World You’re a Wildfower.[3] She has edited or co-edited four volumes of poetry, essays, and stories. This includes a collection of her mother's poetry Root & Plant & Bloom: Poems by Dodie Walton Horne, which she co-edited with her sister.[4] In 2024, she published a full-length biography of Sara Mayfield, who wrote biographies of H. L. Mencken and his wife Sara Haardt and of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Publishers Weekly wrote: "Well-researched and compassionately written, this beguiling tale of madness and literature shines."[5]

Her work has appeared in the journals Amaryllis, Arkansas Literary Forum, the Birmingham Arts Journal, Carolina Quarterly, Fan magazine, Lonzie's Fried Chicken, the Mars Hill Review, the New Delta Review, Noccalula, Old Red Kimono, Poets On, Sycamore Review, Thicket, and Voices International.[6]

In 2018, she was the Visiting Writer-in-Residence at Lenoir-Rhyne College.[7] Alabama governor Kay Ivey named Horne the state's poet laureate on November 1, 2017,[8] a post Horne held until 2022.[9] During the months of COVID-19 lockdowns, Horne posted a "mid-week poetry break" every Wednesday as part of her service as poet laureate.[10]

Awards

Horne has received fellowships from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and from the Seaside Institute in Florida. In 2015 she delivered the Rhoda Ellison Lecture at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. She has also been the recipient of the Tuscaloosa Arts Council's Druid City Literary Arts Award.[11] In 2021 she was named the Poet of the Year by the Alabama State Poetry Society.[12]

Personal life

Horne is married to writer and book critic Don Noble.[13] They live in Cottondale, Alabama.[14]

Published works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beitelman . TJ . Alabama Poet Laureate Jennifer Horne has enjoyed being state's 'public face' of poetry . AlabamaNewsCenter.com . March 11, 2021 . Alabama Power . December 16, 2023.
  2. Web site: A Map of the World . www.jenhorne.com . Jennifer Horne . December 17, 2023.
  3. Web site: Author Listing: Jennifer Horne . www.alabamawritersforum.org . Alabama Writers Forum . December 26, 2023.
  4. mclennan . rob . Jennifer Horne: One Poet Laureate on Place (and the Pandemic) . Periodicities . January 2, 2021 . 2 January 2021 . December 26, 2023.
  5. News: Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author . 27 December 2023 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz, LLC . 10 October 2023.
  6. Web site: A Map of the World . www.jenhorne.com . Jennifer Horne . December 17, 2023.
  7. Web site: Jennifer Horne . PW.org . July 13, 2006 . Poets & Writers . December 16, 2023.
  8. News: Hughes Cobb . Mark . On the edge of '17: Taking a look back at year of change and accomplishments . December 26, 2023 . . 17 December 2017 . Tuscaloosa News.
  9. News: Staff writer . Alabama searches for new poet laureate . December 26, 2023 . Alabama Public Radio . 11 March 2021 . Alabama Public Radio.
  10. Web site: A Map of the World . www.jenhorne.com . Jennifer Horne . December 17, 2023.
  11. Web site: Jennifer Horne . PW.org . July 13, 2006 . Poets & Writers . December 16, 2023.
  12. Web site: Temple . Jessica . ASPS Winners List . alpoets.org . Alabama State Poetry Society . December 26, 2023.
  13. Web site: Stefanescu . Alina . A conversation with Alabama State Poet Laureate, Jennifer Horne . AlabamaWritersCooperative.org . October 27, 2019 . Alabama Writers' Cooperative . December 16, 2023.
  14. Web site: Author Listing: Jennifer Horne . www.alabamawritersforum.org/ . Alabama Writers Forum . December 26, 2023.

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