Academics

Faculty & Staff

photo of Jill McDonough

Jill McDonough, MFA

  • Assistant Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts
  • Telephone: 617.287.6787
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,06,0073

Degrees

MFA, Boston University

Professional Publications & Contributions

Additional Information

Pushcart prize winner Jill McDonough’s first book of poems, Habeas Corpus, was published by Salt in 2008.  The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, and Stanford’s Stegner program, she has taught incarcerated college students through Boston University’s Prison Education program since 1999.  Her work appears in Slate, The Nation, and The Threepenny Review, and is forthcoming in Best American Poetry 2011.  She directs 24PearlStreet, the Fine Arts Work Center's Online Writing Workshops.

» Read samples of Jill McDonough's work: "Breasts Like Martinis", "Accident, Mass. Ave", and selections from Habeas Corpus.

Poems, Articles, and Translations

Various journals, including Poetry, Slate, Literary Imagination, PN Review, and The Threepenny Review