Jane Mead
Introduction '''Jane Mead''' (August 13, 1958 – September 8, 2019) was an American poet and the author of five poetry collections. Her last volume was ''To the Wren: Collected & New Poems 1991-2019'' (Alice James Books, 2019). Her honors included fellowships from the Lannan and Guggenheim foundations and a Whiting Award. Her poems appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''Ploughshares'', ''Electronic Poetry Review'', ''The American Poetry Review'', ''The New York Times'', the ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', and ''The Antioch Review'' and in anthologies including ''The Best American Poetry 1990''.Born in Baltimore, Mead lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until she was twelve. Her father taught ichthyology at Harvard University. After Cambridge, she moved around a great deal with her mother and stepfather, who was a journalist, living in New Mexico, London, and Cambridge, England. She graduated from Vassar College and from Syracuse University and the University of Iowa. She taught and was Poet-in-Residence at Wake Forest University.After her father died in 2003, Mead managed the family ranch in Napa County, Northern California. She taught at New England College and co-owned Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Iowa.Mead died September 8, 2019, in Napa, from cancer.
Honors and awards * 2017 ''World of Made and Unmade'' shortlisted for 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize* 2004 ''Ploughshares'' Cohen Award* 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship* 1992 Whiting Award* Lannan Foundation Completion Grant
Bibliography === Poetry ===;Collections******;Anthologies (edited)*;Anthologised in *;List of poemsTitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedI wonder if I will miss the moss2021
References
External links *  "An Interview with Jane Mead" > ''Poetry Daily''*  Profile at The Whiting Foundation*  Poem: "The Origin", ''poets.org''*  Poem: "Alleged Speculation", ''Electronic Poetry Review''*  Poem: "The Specter and His World are One ", ''Electronic Poetry Review''*  Poem: "The High Hither, The Embrace", ''Electronic Poetry Review''*  Poem: "The Part—and the Whole of It", ''Electronic Poetry Review''