More than 70 new poems accompany selections from eight
previous books in Door in the Mountain.
Author Biography
Jean Valentine is the author of ten
books of poetry, including most recently, The Cradle
of Real Life (Wesleyan, 2000). Her newest book, Door
in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems (Wesleyan),
is due for publication in fall 2004. Valentine’s
first book, published in 1965, was the recipient of the
Yale Younger Poets Prize. Valentine has also been the
recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Maurice English
Prize, a Sara Teasdale Award, and awards from the National
Endowment for the Arts, The Bunting Institute, The Rockefeller
Foundation, and The New York Council for the Arts.
Valentine has taught at Swarthmore College, Barnard College,
Yale University, Bucknell University, American University,
The University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Cincinnati.
She is currently a teacher at Sarah Lawrence College,
the Graduate Writing Programs of New York University and
Columbia University, and the 92nd Street Y.
Jean Valentine was born in Chicago, earned her B.A. from
Radcliffe College, and has lived most of her life in New
York City.
Jean Valentine's web address is www.jeanvalentine.com.
Excerpt
from Jean Valentine's
Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
Annunciation
