A Tribute to Jean Valentine – Panel Discussion featuring Alice Ostriker, Joan Larkin, Carey Salerno, and Ann Marie Macari

Jean Valentine was born in Chicago, earned her B.A. from Radcliffe College, and lived most of her life in New York City. She won the Yale Younger Poets Award for her first book, Dream Barker and Other Poems, in 1965. Valentine authored over a dozen collections of poetry including, The River of Wolf (1992); Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003 (2007); Break the Glass (2010); and Shirt in Heaven (2015). All of her full-length works, including an unpublished manuscript, have been compiled in the posthumous collection, Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine (2024).

This event is being held in conjunction with Poetry Readings with Q&A Featuring Alicia Ostriker & Joan Larkin on October 29 at 4:30 in the Julian Abele Room.

PRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VISITING WRITERS SERIES