Faculty & Staff
Jill McDonough, MFA
Assistant Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts
Contact
- Phone: 617.287.6787
- Email: Jill.McDonough@umb.edu
- Office Location: Wheatley Hall,06,0073
Degrees
MFA, Boston University
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Habeas Corpus (Cambridge: Salt, 2008)
- Oh, James! (Seven Kitchens, 2012)
- Where You Live (Salt, 2012)
Additional Information
The winner of three Pushcart prizes and a 2014 Lannan Literary Fellowship, Jill McDonough is the author of Habeas Corpus (Salt, 2008), Oh, James! (Seven Kitchens, 2012), and Where You Live (Salt, 2012). 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 taught incarcerated college students through Boston University’s Prison Education Program for 13 years. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Slate, The Nation, The Threepenny Review, and Best American Poetry.
» 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
