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.[1] 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.[2] Jones was the winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize for 2017,[3] and she will serve as the 2020 Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-in-Residence[4] at Hollins University.
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