Background
Parini, Jay was born in 1948 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leo Joseph and Verna Ruth Parini.
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Jay Parini
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Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, 1970, Doctor of Letters (honorary), 1996. Bachelor of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, U. Saint Andrews-Scotland, 1972, 75. Faculty, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1975-1982.
Professor of English, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1982.
Editl. committee member Juniper Prize for Poetry, U. Massachusetts Press, 1984. Founding editor New England Review.
Career
Review Author: Singing in Time (poetry), 1972. Editor Columbia History of American Poetry, 1994, Columbia Anthology of American Poetry, 1995. Assistant director
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Membership
Member Juniper Prize for Poetry, U. Massachusetts Member Vt; member Vermont
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Married Devon Stacey Jersild, June 21, 1981.
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Democrat