Jean Feraca
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Born | Manhattanville College University of Michigan |
Jean Feraca is an American poet, journalist, and radio host.
Biography
She was born in New York state, majored in English at
She is mother to New York City-based experimental musician
Career
Feraca worked in public radio for 27 years. She started her career with
Feraca's first book of poems, South from Rome: Il Mezzogiorno (1976), won the Discovery Award from The Nation;[1] it was assisted by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She received a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board for her second book, Crossing the Great Divide (1992). Her 2007 memoir, I Hear Voices: A Memoir of Love, Death, and the Radio, was named an "Outstanding Book" by the American Association of School Librarians and one of the year's "Best Books for General Audiences" by the Public Library Association. She was inducted into the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters in 2012.[3]
Her poetry and articles have appeared in journals such as
References
- ^ ISBN 9780815606628.
- ^ Weingarten, Christopher. "Squall in the Family". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "Jean Feraca". Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters. 12 September 2012.
- ISBN 9780870207624.
- ^ "Jean Feraca". JSTOR.
External links
- Jean Feraca in libraries (WorldCat catalog)