THE SEASONS BEAR US

. . . writing of any kind, as long as it is done for its own sake, is a matter of joining the seasons and following their movements. . . . They move, as we move, from place to place. As we move, we carry them, and they carry us . . . the seasons bear us. – James Wright

Sunday, August 15, 2010

"New Moon Dawn," a video by Savannah Sipple

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ASCA literature program manager Anne Kimzey inteviews Jeanie for Alabama Arts Radio Series on WTSU, 89.9, Troy Public Radio: http://www.arts.alabama.gov/actc/1/listserverindividual/20120325jeaniethompson.htm

ACCENTS radio producer Katerina Stoykova-Klemer interviews Jeanie Thompson and Kentucky poet Nana Lampton for her weekly program on WRFL, 88.1 FM Lexington, KY. http://katerinaklemer.com/radio.html#archive




Following the late James Wright’s counsel that writing is like the seasons, and “the seasons bear us,” Thompson refocuses her lens on the longings of the human heart. Masterfully crafted, poem after poem searches out the reader, each moment rich in its own season, bearing the good fruits of honesty and grace from a brilliant poet and a life well lived. -- River City Publishing

To order call 334.265.6753 or toll free 877.408.7078. ISBN: 13:978-1-57966-086-4. 71 pages, trade paper, $20.

Jeanie Thompson was awarded a 2012 ASCA Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature.

Jeanie Thompson was awarded a 2012 ASCA Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature.

Appearances 2012

  • 4/3: University of Alabama, Gorgas Library, Room 205, 7 p.m.; ASCA Literature Fellows Reading sponsored by the Alabama Center for the Book. Info: dbadcock@ua.edu
  • 4/21: Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, Old Alabama Town. Info: www.alabamabookfestival.org
  • 4/23: Huntington College, Montgomery, AL, Ligon Chapel, 7 p.m., Four Mondays of Poetry. Info: www.aum.edu/poetrymonth
  • 4/27: Alabama Writers' Symposium / Alabama So. Community College, Monroeville: Presentation of the 2012 Harper Lee Award to Fannie Flagg and poetry reading. Info: www.ascc.edu
  • TO BOOK AN EVENT WITH JEANIE: jeaniethompson@bellsouth.net

Current Project: "The Myth of Water: : Poems from the Life of Helen Keller"

Many thanks to Tina F. Turley, Executive Producer, and her staff at Theatre Tuscaloosa (Shelton State Community College) for the March 1, 2011, staged reading by three fine actors of "The Myth of Water: Poems from the Life of Helen Keller." This persona poem sequence in process has been excerpted in several literary journals and was presented by Theatre Tuscaloosa in conjunction with a new production of "The Miracle Worker.
Most recently, my thoughts on 9/11 and Helen were included in Thomas Harrison's 9/11/11 ArtBeat in the Mobile Press-Register.

Spalding University Brief Residency MFA Program in Louisville KY

Spalding University Brief Residency MFA Program in Louisville KY
Learn about the Brief Residency MFA Writing Program at Spalding where I'm a member of the Poetry Faculty. Please visit the Web site to learn more about this innovative program, now ranked 9th among brief residencies by Poets and Writers (2011).

The Alabama Writers' Forum

Since 1993, I have directed The Alabama Writers' Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts. The Forum promotes writers and writing, and is a strong supporter of literary arts education. It's award-winning Writing Our Stories program for juvenile offenders takes place on three Department of Youth Services campuses.

Other Books By Jeanie Thompson

Other Books By Jeanie Thompson
* The Remembered Gate: Memoirs by Alabama Writers (The University of Alabama Press, 2001)

  • 2000, White for Harvest: New and Selected Poems (River City Publishing, available from publisher)
  • 1995, Witness (Black Belt Press) To Order: jeaniethompson@bellsouth.net
  • 1990, Litany for a Vanishing Landscape, with photography by Wayne Sides (Hiram-Douglass Trust, privately printed) To Order: jeaniethompson@bellsouth.net
  • 1985, How To Enter the River (Holy Cow! Press) To Order: jeaniethompson@bellsouth.net
  • 1980, Lotus and Psalm (Baltic Avenue Press) To Order: jeaniethompson@bellsouth.net

Read an essay by Jeanie Thompson

Read an essay by Jeanie Thompson
Check out this fine collection of essays edited by Jennifer Horne and Wendy Reed.

PoemMemoirStory #10, Winter 2010

PoemMemoirStory #10, Winter 2010
Please check out this issue of one of Alabama's premier literary journals. I appreciate PMS's publishing poems from my Helen Keller persona poem sequence.

Southern Women's Review, Winter 2010

Southern Women's Review, Winter 2010
I recommend this innovative magazine edited by Alicia K. Clavell. I appreciate Alicia including some of the Helen Keller poems in this issue.

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Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Poet, essayist, executive director of The Alabama Writers' Forum and poetry faculty member in the Brief Residency MFA Writing Program at Spalding University (Louisville, KY)
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Links to Resources and Blogs

  • Alabama Writers' Forum, Inc.
  • Spalding University Brief Residency MFA Writing Program
  • Alabama State Council on the Arts
  • Edward Bryne's Blog
  • Fiction Highway (Philip Shirley)
  • Images by Wayne Sides
  • Long Pine Limited (Philip F. Deaver)
  • Richard Goodman's Excellent Website
  • River City Publishing
  • StorySouth
  • Talking in Accents (A M Garner)
  • Tar River Poetry
  • The Lion Sun (Russ Kesler)
  • University of Alabama Press
  • Valpariso Poetry Review, edited by Edward Byrne
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