Education
She earned her bachelor"s degree from the University of Cincinnati, master"s degree from the University of Cincinnati, and Master of Fine Arts from Pacific University.
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Jeannine Gailey
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In 2012, Gailey was appointed to the position of Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington. She previously taught at National University (California) and was on the core faculty of the Centrum Young Artists Project in Portuguese Townsend, Washington. Gailey has published four books of poetry: The Robot Scientist"s Daughter (Mayapple Press, 2015), Unexplained Fevers (New Binary Press, 2013), She Returns to the Floating World (Kitsune, 2011), and Becoming the Villainess (Steel Toe, 2006).
Her work addresses feminist issues of power in mythology and comic book cultures, turning fairy tale stepmothers into empathetic characters, and holding up a mirror to contemporary American culture"s images of powerful women.
Gailey"s second full-length book of poetry, She Returns to the Floating World, deals with feminine transformations in the personae of characters from Japanese folk tales, anime, and manga. Her most recent book, The Robot Scientist"s Daughter, deals more with ecological issues, with a specific focus on the potential dangers of the nuclear industry, set against the backdrop of growing up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Achievements
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Unexplained Fevers won second place in the 2014 Elgin Awards for full-length poetry books published in 2013. Presented by the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA). "Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales" was featured in the The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six anthology. Selected by Ellen Bass as a runner-up in the first biennial Phyllis L. Ennes Poetry Contest with an appearance at the 2014 Skagit River Poetry Festival. Selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program. Appointed as the second Poet Laureate for the city of Redmond, Washington in 2012. She Returns to the Floating World was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award 2012—Montaigne Meda Awarded a top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2011) for "A Morning of Sunflowers (for Fukushima)" She Returns to the Floating World won a silver medal in the Florida Publisher"s Association 2011 President"s Book Award for Poetry Awarded the top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2007) Awarded a Washington State Artist Trust GAP Grant (2007) Two poems from her first full-length book, Becoming the Villainess, appeared in Year"s Best Fantasy and Horror (2007). Her work has appeared on National Public Radio"s The Writer"s Almanac with Garrison Keillor and Verse Daily.
Membership
She was also selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program. Selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program.
