Jo Ann Beard

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Jo Ann Beard
Born1955 (age 6869)
Moline, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Iowa
GenreEssay

Jo Ann Beard is an American essayist.

Life

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

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.

Awards

Works

Essays

Books

Anthologies

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References

  1. "Writing Faculty - Sarah Lawrence College" . Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. "Jo Ann Beard – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  3. Beard, Jo Ann (Summer 2002). "Undertaker, Please Drive Slow". Tin House. 12.