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Dr.
Jeanne Murray Walker (B.A Wheaton College, Chicago;
Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania) is the author
of six volumes of poetry, the latest of which
is A Deed To the Light, (University of Illinois
Press, 2004). She is a frequent contributor to
periodicals such as Poetry, The American
Poetry Review, Southern Review,
The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review,
The Nation, and Image. She gives
readings, runs workshops, and speaks across the
United States and abroad. Her poems appear in
print anthologies, as well as on the radio, the
web, and in busses and trains under the auspices
of the Poetry in Motion project. The author of
many essays, she has also written extensively
for the theatre. Her scripts include Inventing
Montana, Tales From The Daily Tabloid,
Rowing Into Light on Lake Adley, and
The Queen’s 2 Bodies: The Double Life
of Elizabeth I. They have been produced in
Boston, Washington, Chicago, throughout the Midwest,
and in London. Published by Dramatic Publishing,
her scripts also appear in North American Women’s
Drama, a scholarly on-line reference work published
by Alexander Street Press. Her work has been honored
with prizes and awards including a National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship, seven Pennsylvania State
Arts Council Fellowships, the Prairie-Schooner
Reader’s Choice and Strousse Awards, many
new play prizes, and the prestigious Pew Fellowship
in the Arts. She serves on the Editorial Board
of Shenandoah.
Professor
Walker teaches poetry and script writing workshops
at The University, as well as courses in poetry,
theatre, and the English Renaissance. She helped
to design Study Abroad courses in London, which
she has taught for two decades, and she administers
The University of Delaware Script Writing Competition.
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