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Diplomas / Degrees

M.F.A., Indiana University Bloomington (2006)
J.D., UCLA School of Law (1987)
B.A., Mount Holyoke College (1978)

Recent Courses

Advanced Poetry
Contemporary Poetry
Genre Development Lyric
Independent Study Analysis Of Modern Poetics
Independent Study Graduate Thesis In Creative Writing
Independent Study Graduate Thesis In Poetry
Independent Study Phoetic Sequence
Independent Study Poetry Collection
Introduction To Creative Writing
Poetry Workshop
S/T: Forms In Poetry
S/T: Point Of View In Poetry: The Narrative Poem
Teaching Writing: Theory And Pratice

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction

Books

LaMon, Jacqueline Jones. (2006). Gravity, U.S.A. Modesto: Quercus Review.

LaMon, Jacqueline Jones. (2002). In the Arms of One Who Loves Me. New York: One World/Ballantine.

Exhibitions, Performances, Films

(25 February 2009). Rutgers Reading Series. Newark, NJ, Poetry Reading
(07 December 2008). Cave Canem at Enoch Pratt. Baltimore, MD, Poetry Reading
(12 October 2008). Poets for a Better Country. New York, NY, Poetry Reading
(01 October 2008). Intersections. Washington, DC, Poetry Reading, Interview, and Discussion
(26 September 2008). SUNY Albany. Albany, NY, Poetry Reading and Discussion

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

"Cabin Fever." Poem. New York: No, Dear, 2008.

"“The Age-Progression Artist Pencils In Thicker Lashes,” Ninth Letter (Volume 5, Issue 1, 2008).

“For My Husband: Who Took Our Daughter to the Park So I Could Get Some Rest, Then Fell Asleep and Awakened to an Empty Stroller.” Ninth Letter (Volume 5, Issue 1, 2008).

“How the Bryant Boy Will Know.” Crab Orchard Review (Summer 2008).

“Aerial.” Mourning Katrina. CD-ROM. Harrisonburg: James Madison, 2007.

“Chaperone on the Chicago Charter.” The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South. Atlanta: University of Georgia Press, 2007.

“Synchronicity.” Shared Voices/Shared Spaces. Indianapolis: Arts Council, 2006.

“Clair de Lune.” Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade. University of Michigan Press (2006).

“Boarders.” MARGIE: The American Journal of Poetry. (2006).

“The Legend of Clarence Thomas.” Natural Bridge (Number 14, Fall 2005), 62-78.

“The Legend of the Several Aunt Jemimas.” WarpLand 12:1 (2005), 6-10.

“Almost Thanksgiving,” “Nine Days Before Kirby High’s Senior Prom.” Crab Orchard Review (Summer/Fall 2005), 130-131.

“Going for this It.” Fugue (Summer 2005), 186.

“Moss.” Crab Orchard Review (Spring 2004).

“Miss Dee and Slim Jim’s Colored Store.” African Voices (Winter/Spring 2003), 5.

“Call for Submissions,” “Gladys Knight & the Pips.” WarpLand 9:1 (2003), 45-46.

“Feeding Birds in Richmond.” Cave Canem VI: 2001 Anthology (2001) 66.

“Sammy Davis, Jr.” Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, (2001) 82-83.

“Jennifer Holliday.” Soul Food: Inspirational Stories for African Americans (2000)
156-157.

“white butterfly.” Cave Canem V: 2000 Anthology (2000) 67.

“The Breakup: Chapter Two.” Mosaic Literary Magazine (Summer 2000) 20.

“The Pleasure is Mine.” The Drumming Between Us (Vol. 3, No. 2) 1998.

Nonfiction:
“Review of Like Trees, Walking by Ravi Howard” Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts & Letters, (Summer 2008).

“Review of Totem by Gregory Pardlo” VISIONS: New Trends in Teaching English, (Summer 2008).

“The Healing World of Lucille Clifton.” Mosaic Literary Magazine (2006).

“Review of Armor and Flesh by Mendi Lewis Obadike.” Indiana Review (2006).

“Review of Furious Flower: African American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present.” Black Issues Book Review, March 2005.

“Review of Poetry from the Masters: the Pioneers.” Black Issues Book Review,
March 2004.

“Review of Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes.” African Voices,
Spring/Summer 2002.

“A Place Where Healing, Laughter Abounds.” New Pittsburg Courier, May 2, 2001.

“Shake Dance: Erotic or Exploited?” Indianapolis Recorder, March 16, 2001.

“Review of Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women.”
AALBC.com, 2001.