POETRY MONDAY: August 3, 2009 Jules Gibbs

 

Jules Gibbs

POETRY MONDAY: August 3, 2009

Jules Gibbs’ poems have appeared in literary journals such as Spoon River Poetry Review, Salt Hill, Pearl and others, as well as in several anthologies. Twice the recipient of the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize for Poetry, she was awarded a Ucross Foundation Fellowship in 2007.  This summer her poetry is accompanying a multi-gallery photography show of the work of Kevin O’Connell at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, Colorado. Further, we’ve just learned that Jules Gibbs has been selected by Kim Addonizio for inclusion in the annual anthology, Best New Poets, 2009, to be released this October by University of Virginia Press.  This is an annual competition for poets without first books, and Gibbs was one of only fifty poets chosen nationwide. Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: August 3, 2009 Jules Gibbs