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]
Jennifer Horne | |
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 Jennifer Horne in 2022 | |
| Born | Arkansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | writer, poet |
| Education | Hendrix College (BA) University of Alabama (MA, MFA) |
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| Spouse | Don Noble |
Early life and education edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Horne is married to writer and book critic Don Noble.[13] They live in Cottondale, Alabama.[14]
Published works edit
- Horne (Ed.), Jennifer (2003). Working the Dirt: An Anthology of Southern Poets. Montgomery: NewSouth Books. ISBN 978-1588381316.
- Horne, Jennifer (2010). Bottle Tree. Cincinnati: WordTech Editions. ISBN 9781934999868.
- Horne, Jennifer (2014). Tell the World You're a Wildflower: Short Stories. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817318451.
- Horne, Jennifer (2016). Little Wanderer: Poems. Ennistymon, Ireland: Salmon Poetry. ISBN 9781910669334.
- Horne (Ed.), Jennifer and Don Noble (2017). Belles' Letters 2: Contemporary Stories by Alabama Women. Livingston: Livingston Press. ISBN 9781604891836.
- Horne, Jennifer (2024). Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817361365.
References edit
- ^ Beitelman, TJ (March 11, 2021). "Alabama Poet Laureate Jennifer Horne has enjoyed being state's 'public face' of poetry". AlabamaNewsCenter.com. Alabama Power. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "A Map of the World". www.jenhorne.com. Jennifer Horne. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Author Listing: Jennifer Horne". www.alabamawritersforum.org. Alabama Writers Forum. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ mclennan, rob (January 2, 2021). "Jennifer Horne: One Poet Laureate on Place (and the Pandemic)". Periodicities (2 January 2021). Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ "Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. October 10, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ "A Map of the World". www.jenhorne.com. Jennifer Horne. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Jennifer Horne". PW.org. Poets & Writers. July 13, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ Hughes Cobb, Mark. "On the edge of '17: Taking a look back at year of change and accomplishments". Tuscaloosa News. No. 17 December 2017. Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ Staff writer. "Alabama searches for new poet laureate". Alabama Public Radio. No. 11 March 2021. Alabama Public Radio. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ "A Map of the World". www.jenhorne.com. Jennifer Horne. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Jennifer Horne". PW.org. Poets & Writers. July 13, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ Temple, Jessica. "ASPS Winners List". alpoets.org. Alabama State Poetry Society. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ Stefanescu, Alina (October 27, 2019). "A conversation with Alabama State Poet Laureate, Jennifer Horne". AlabamaWritersCooperative.org. Alabama Writers' Cooperative. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Author Listing: Jennifer Horne". www.alabamawritersforum.org/. Alabama Writers Forum. Retrieved December 26, 2023.