Jo Ann Beard

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Jo Ann Beard
Born1955 (age 6970)
Moline, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater University of Iowa
GenreEssay
Employer Sarah Lawrence College

Jo Ann Beard (born 1955) is an American essayist.

Life

Beard was born in 1955 in Moline, Illinois. [1] She graduated from the University of Iowa with a BFA degree in art, and from the Nonfiction Writing Program with an MFA in creative nonfiction. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. [2]

Contents

Beard previously worked as a managing editor for a physics journal at the University of Iowa, and was a colleague of the victims of the University of Iowa shooting, which became a subject for her work.

Her writing has appeared in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker , Tin House and O, The Oprah Magazine .

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Awards

Honours

Works

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References

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  2. "Writing Faculty - Sarah Lawrence College" . Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. "Jo Ann Beard – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  4. "Royal Society of Literature International Writers 2024". bronasbooks.com. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  5. Beard, Jo Ann (Summer 2002). "Undertaker, Please Drive Slow". Tin House. 12.