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Mary Jane Nealon

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Mary Jane Nealon
Occupation
  • Poet
  • nurse
NationalityAmerican
EducationWarren Wilson College (MFA)
Notable awardsLucille Medwick Memorial Award (2001)

Mary Jane Nealon is an American poet, and registered nurse.

Life

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She was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received her MFA from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. From 1976, she worked as a nurse in New Jersey and New York City. After the September 11 attacks, she studied the effects of trauma.[1]

She was published in Forklift, Ohio,[2] Mid American review,[3] The Paris Review,[4] The Kenyon Review,[5] and Poets Against the War.[6]

She currently works with people with HIV/AIDS at Partnership Health Center, Missoula, Montana,[7][8][9] where she lives.

Awards

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Works

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Books

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  • Rogue Apostle. Four Way Books. 2000. ISBN 978-1-884800-31-3.
  • Immaculate Fuel. Four Way Books. May 2004. ISBN 978-1-884800-53-5.
  • Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life. Grey Wolf Press. May 2004. ISBN 978-1-555975-90-6.

Anthology

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Nursing

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References

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  1. ^ Laura Rockefeller (September 26, 2001). "'Flying Nurse' Grounded by Earthbound Poetry". The Middlebury Campus.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety | Editors Matt Hart & Eric Appleby". Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  3. ^ "Mid-American Review". Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  4. ^ "The Paris Review - Winter 1998". Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  5. ^ "The Kenyon Review". Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  6. ^ "Poets Against War". Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  7. ^ KIM BRIGGEMAN. "Health center will offer anonymous, free HIV tests". Missoulian.
  8. ^ "Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety | Editors Matt Hart & Eric Appleby". Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  9. ^ "Sign in - Google Accounts". accounts.google.com.
  10. ^ "Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown: FAWC News : Former Fellows News". Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  11. ^ "91st Annual Award Winners' Poems". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2009.