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Parneshia Jones is an American poet, author, and editor. She was born in Evanston, Illinois, on August 1980. She is the author of Vessel, a collection of poetry published in 2013, and the editor of the anthology A Gathering of Voices: Poetry from the Diaspora. Jones earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan in 2006. Jones has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and the Pushcart Prize. She has been a featured reader at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, the National Black Writers Conference, and the National Book Festival. In addition to her writing and editing, Jones is an active member of the literary community. She is a board member of the Guild Literary Complex and a faculty member of the Chicago High School for the Arts. She is also a mentor for the Young Chicago Authors program.

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Occupation Poet,Editorial Director
Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 1980-08-
Birthday 1980-08-
Birthplace Evanston, Illinois
Nationality United States

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2019

An Affrilachian poet, Jones cites her undergraduate experiences at Chicago State University, studying under important black writers and scholars Haki R. Madhubuti, Dr. Kelly Norman Ellis, Dr. B.J. Bolden, Dr. Donda West, and a one-on-one chance meeting with Gwendolyn Brooks, who reviewed and red-marked Jones’ early poems and encouraged her to continue writing, as a milestone in her writing and editing career.

She began working for Northwestern University Press at the age of twenty-two as a marketing assistant and eventually moved into the role of acquisitions. In 2019, Jones became the Editorial Director for Trade and Engagement. Jones has acquired and worked with esteemed authors of Nobel Prize, Pulitzer, Grammy, and National Book Award acclaim. Her acquisitions include, Head Off & Split, which earned poet Nikky Finney the National Book Award as well as Finney's follow-up collection Lovechild’s Hot Bed of Occasional Poetry: Poems and Artifacts. She acquired Forest Primeval by Vievee Francis, winner of the Kingsley Tufts poetry award in 2017. The following year, she acquired Incendiary Art by Patricia Smith, winner of the Kingsley Tufts poetry award as well as the LA Times Book Prize. She has also worked with Kwame Dawes, Angela Jackson, Kyle Dargan, Karl Kirchwey, and Ellen Hagan.

In 2019, Jones became a Visiting Writer in Residence at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She served as past President for the Board of Directors for the Cave Canem Foundation, and currently serves on the advisory board of ShoreFront Legacy Center, an organization and foundation that documents African American history on the North Shores of Chicago.

2015

Jones is the author of Vessel, published by Milkweed Editions in 2015. A collection of verse that traces the intersections of Jones’s Midwestern and Southern histories, Jones documents familial memories and the love of place, food, and the black woman experience. The collection won The Midwest Book Award and was chosen as "One of 12 Books to Savor" by O, The Oprah Magazine. In it, Jones reveals that her first name is related to Mount Parnassus.

1980

Parneshia Jones (born July 31, 1980) is an American poet and editor who currently serves as Editorial Director for Trade and Engagement at Northwestern University Press.

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