Patricia Spears Jones (born 1951) is an American poet. She is the author of five books of poetry. Jones is the editor of "The Future Differently Imagined", an issue of About Place Journal, the online publication of Black Earth Institute. Previously, she was the co-editor for Ordinary Women: Poems of New York City Women. Her poem "Beuys and the Blonde" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Jones was the winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize for 2017, and she was the 2020 Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University.
A native of Forrest City, Arkansas, Jones lives in New York City. She received her BA degree from Rhodes College in 1973, and her MFA from Vermont College in 1992. She has been a constant presence in the New York writing community.
Bibliography Poetry collections A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems (White Pine Press, 2015) Living in the Love Economy (Overpass Books, 2014) Painkiller: Poems (Tia Chucha Press, 2010) Femme du Monde (Tia Chucha Press, 2006) The Weather That Kills (Coffee House Press, 1995)
Honors and awards 1994 — National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship, recipientNEA Literature Fellowships > 40 Years of Supporting American Writers 1996 — Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award 2000 — Featured in The Best American Poetry (edited by Rita Dove) 2017 — Jackson Poetry Prize (awarded by Poets & Writers) 2018 — Rauschenberg Foundation Resident—Captiva Island, Florida 2018 — Her poem "Seraphim" listed in The New Yorkers Years in Poems 2026 — Rauschenberg Centennial Award
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Patricia Spears Jones Official Homepage Bio at Tennessee Authors Bio at Poets & Writers Patricia Spears Jones books on Amazon Patricia Spears Jones papers, 1970s-2010s, held by Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.