Jeanne Murray Walker is a writer and teacher who was born in Parkers Prairie, a village of a thousand people in Minnesota. Jeanne has written eight volumes of poetry, includingHelping the Morning: New and Selected Poems, A Deed to the Light, and New Tracks, Night Falling. Her poetry and essays have appeared numerous journals, including Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, The Christian Century, The American Poetry Review, The Georgia Review, and Best American Poetry. Jeanne is a Professor of English at The University of Delaware, where she heads the Creative Writing Concentration. She also serves as a Mentor in the Seattle Pacific University Master of Fine Arts Program.

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University of Delaware