Julie Parson-Nesbitt Mailing Address: 6639 N. Fairfield Avenue Chicago, IL 60645 County: Cook E-mail: parsonnesbitt@earthlink.net Phone: work: 773-465-4362 business hours only Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• Chicago Tribune 2003, Seeding the Snow 2003
• After Hours, Tomorrow, A Spoon River Quarterly, Another Chicago Magazine, Rhino, Rambunctious Review, A Gathering of Tribes, etc.
  

Anthologies

• Stories From Where We Live ù Midwest (Milkweed Editions, 2003)
• Stories From Where We Live - Northeast (Milkweed Editions, 2000)
• "Pauline Sings Across the Rooftops, " Stories From Where We Live -- Northeast, Milkweed Editions, 2000
• Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago‚s Guild Complex (Tia Chucha Press, 1999)
• Identity Lessons (Penguin Press, ed. Maria Mazziotti Gillan & Jennifer Gillan, 1999)
• "Strange Country," Identity Lessons, Penguin Press, 1999
• "You are the one who names us all," Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry from the Guild Complex, Tia Chucha Press, 1999
• A More Perfect Union: Writing on the Modern Wedding (St. Martin‚s Press, 1998)
  
• "Strange Country," A More Perfect Union: Writing on the Modern Wedding, St. Martin's Press, 1998
• An Intricate Weave: Women Writing on Girls and Girlhood (Iris Editions, 1997)
• "Girl at a Piano," An Intricate Weave: Women Writing on Girls and Girlhood, Iris Editions, 1997
• Work has been anthologized in Stray Bullets: Chicago Saloon Poetry (Tia Chucha Press, 1991), Men & Women: Together & Alone (Spirit That Moves Us Press, 1988), & The Creative Process: Ten Years at Ragdale (The Ragdale Foundation, 1998)

Book Publications:

• Finders: Poems by Julie Parson-Nesbitt, West End Press, 1996
• The Teeth in the Iris, New Sins Press, 1993
• Clark St. Lullabye, Society for Mad Poets Press, 1985

Forthcoming Publications:

• Heliotrope 2004
• "Milwaukee River Poem," Stories From Where We Live -- Midwest, Milkweed Editions, 2002

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Partnership Grant awarded 1999
• Ragdale Foundation Residency awarded for 2000
• Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters, 1996
• Academy of American Poets Award, 1994 & 1992
• Illinois Library Association Honored Poet, 1991
• Illinois Library Association Honored Poet 1990
• Gwendolyn Brooks "Significant Illinois Poets Award," 1989
• Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, 1988 & 1987
• Ragdale Foundation Residence (Lake Forest, IL), 1986 & 1987

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Chicago tribune Printer's Row Book Fair (panelist/ speaker), "Independent Publishers in Chicago" and judge, Joanne Hirschfield Awards, June 2003.
• College of Dupage, February 2003 (Reading)
• Printer's Row Book fair 1999, featured reading
• Harold Washington Library Center 1999, featured reading in Authors Room
• Ragdale Foundation at Glenview Public Library 1999 w/ Lorna Goodison (Jamaican poet)
• Arizona Poetry Festival 1998 featured reading with Gary Soto and Mark Turcotte
• Poetry Centeral (Phoenix, AZ), April 1998
• International Poetry Forum (Pittsburgh) 1997, featured reading
• Barnes & Noble Bookstore (Chicago, IL), November 1997
• Poetry Center of Chicago 1996, featured reading w/ Lisel Mueller
• State University of New York 1996
• Art Institute of Chicago Education Dept., November 1996
• Panelist, Guild Complex Women Writer's Conference, November 1996
• Woodland Pattern Book Center, November 1996
• Many bookstores, libraries, bars, universities etc for nearly 20 years

• As a Panelist/Speaker:

• Black Writers Conference, Chicago State University "Independent Publishing" 1999, 2000
• DePaul University Education Department diversity presentation poetry reading / speaker 1999
• Ch. 7 "Chicagoing" show on "Poetry in Chicago" poetry reading/discussion 2001
• Chicago Metro Center contemporary poetry discussion w/ college students 2001, 2000
• Many others

Recent Workshops:

• Young Women's Leadership Charter High School, poetry workshop 2001
• Steppenwolf Theater, workshop w/ high school teachers on incorporating poetry in the classroom, 2000
• Principal For a Day, Chicago Public Schools, poetry workshop 2000
• Poetry Central: Phoenix, Arizona Poetry Festival, workshops for high school teachers April 3-4, 1998
• Chicago Historical Society: creative writing workshop with high school students 1997
• Chicago Teacher's Center (Northeastern Illinois University), workshops in Chicago Public Schools, 1996-1997
• Woodland Patten Book Center (Milwaukee) workshop: "How To Get Your Work Out There" 9/96
• Illinois Authors Bookfair, Springfield, poetry workshop leader; panelist: "To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme" 10/96
• Illinois Authors Book Fair poetry workshop leader and panelist, October 1996
• DePaul U. Continuing Education Department, October 1996
• Art Institute of Chicago education department: creative writing workshop with high school students 11/96
• Woodland Pattern Book Center, poetry teacher KidsWrite! ongoing workshop for 4th-6th grade students 1995
• Villa St. Francis Retirement Center, Milwaukee, poetry workshop 1995
• U. of Wisconsin-Whitewater, November 1995

Present Employment:

• Co-director of Development, Young Chicgo Authors; and arts consultant

Preferred Audience:

• I can work at libraries, schools, or any performance venue; with adults, teens, senior citizens or elementary school students starting from 3rd grade.

Willing to travel:

• yes