About Jeannine
Jeannine Hall Gailey was born at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, and grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has a B.S. in Biology and an M.A. in English from the University of Cincinnati, as well as an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Pacific University. Her first book of poetry, Becoming the Villainess, was published by Steel Toe Books in 2006. Poems from the book were featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac and on Verse Daily; two were included in 2007’s The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. She recently taught with the Young Artist Project at Centrum. She volunteers as an editorial consultant for Crab Creek Review and writes book reviews for literary journals. In 2007 she received a Washington State Artist Trust GAP Grant and a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize.
Her chapbook, Female Comic Book Superheroes, is available from Pudding House Press.
Her inspirations often come from mythological sources, such as Ovid's Metamorphoses or The Tales of Genji, folk and fairy tale collections, and of course, comic books.
For more details, see her "curriculum vita."
Poetry News
My book, Becoming the Villainess, was released in 2006 by Steel Toe Books.
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"Risking Our Lives" appears in the Fall 2008 issue of Willow Springs, "Advice Given to Me Before My Wedding" appears in the Summer 2008 issue of Rattle, "Yume (The Dream)" appears in the Spring 2008 issue of 32 Poems, and "The Note the Fox-Wife Leaves Him" appears in Rhino 2008.
An interview with Pattiann Rogers at the Poets & Writers web site.
An interview with Matthea Harvey at the Poetry Foundation web site.
A new review of Becoming the Villainess at Rattle!
Three of my poems (Dogwood, Turning Back, He Makes Dinner) won one of the top 2007 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes!
Two poems from Becoming the Villainess appear in the 2007 The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
Maya Jewell Zeller reviews Becoming the Villainess at LitList.
Two poems from Becoming the Villainess appeared on The Writer's Almanac. "Spy Girls," was read by Garrison Keillor on the Writer's Almanac on June 16, 2006. "Female Comic Book Superheroes" was featured on The Writer's Almanac on July 7, 2006.
Several poems from Becoming the Villainess have appeared on Verse Daily, including "When Red Becomes the Wolf" on the April 30, 2006 issue of Verse Daily and "Femme Fatale" on Verse Daily on April 5th, 2006.
Special thanks to Yumiko Kayukawa for the use of Zen Cracker.