Ja'net Danielo

Poet

Long Beach, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Ja'net Danielo is the author of the This Body I Have Tried to Write, winner of the MAYDAY 2022 Poetry Micro Chapbook Editors' Choice Award, and The Song of Our Disappearing (Paper Nautilus, 2021). a recipient of a Courage to Write Grant from the de Groot Foundation, a Professional Artist Fellowship from the Arts Council for Long Beach, and the Telluride Institute's Fischer Prize, her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Diode, Raleigh Review, Frontier Poetry, Mid-American Review, and In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy (Black Lawrence Press), among other places. elsewhere. Originally from Queens, NY, Ja'net teaches at Cerritos College and lives in Long Beach, CA, where she facilitates Word Women: Poetry Heals, a free virtual poetry workshop series for cancer patients and survivors.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbooks:
This Body I Have Tried to Write (Mayday, 2022)
,
The Song of Our Disappearing (Paper Nautilus, 2021)
Prizes won: 
  • de Groot Foundation's Courage to Write grant
  • MAYDAY 2022 Micro Poetry Chapbook Contest Editors' Choice Award for This Body I Have Tried to Write
  • 2021-2022 Professional Artist Fellowship from the Arts Council for Long Beach
  • Telluride Institute's Fischer Prize for "We Thank the Veteran for His Service"
  • Paper Nautilus Debut Series Chapbook Contest for The Song of Our Disappearing

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ross Gay, Victoria Chang, Hanif Abdurraqib, Cecilia Woloch, Tiana Clark, Dorianne Laux, John Murillo, Kendra DeColo, Maggie Smith
What I'm reading now: 
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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Queens Village, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Queens Village, NY
New York
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Last update: Jun 24, 2023