About Jehanne
Jehanne Dubrow is the author of fifteen books, including most recently The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma (University of New Mexico Press, 2025). Her next book of creative nonfiction, Frivolity: A Defense, is forthcoming from Columbia University Press later this year. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals, including New England Review, Southern Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Ploughshares. She is a Professor of Creative Writing and a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas. You can read more about Jehanne here.
Craft & Inquiry
With more than two decades of experience mentoring high schoolers, undergraduates, and graduate students, as well as many nontraditional students outside of academia, Jehanne is excited to help you develop your voice as a writer, a scholar, or a public intellectual. She can offer you guidance, whether you’re just beginning to focus on your craft or you’re working on a full-length book manuscript. Jehanne also offers coaching for academics, including how to prepare for the job market, how to write effective fellowship and funding applications, and how not only to survive but also thrive in departmental settings.
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Books
Jehanne is the author of fifteen books. Discover them all.
The Query
Jehanne’s blog, the place for updates, news, and information about her latest projects.
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New Poem in Paper Brigade!
I love Paper Brigade, the literary journal published by the Jewish Book Council. Not long ago, the JBC launched a book club called “Nu Reads.” The name of the club is something of a pun; the word “nu” sounds like “new” and is a Yiddish interjection or question that means “so?” or “well?” And as part…
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Great News About Civilians!
The summer has finally arrived, which means I’m in my usual, blissful haze of projects and losing track of the days, of the weeks, of time in general. And this is how out-of-things I am right now. I didn’t even know that Civilians had won the 2025 Foreword INDIES Award in Poetry until I saw…
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New Essay and Poems in In Geveb!
Since late December, I’ve been working on a book-length sonnet sequence—titled A Bit of Martyred Clay—inspired by the memoirs of Glikl of Hameln, the earliest known Yiddish-language book written by a woman. Glikl was a 17th century Jew who witnessed seemingly everything: the consequences of pogroms in Eastern Europe, Bubonic Plague, the expulsion of Jews…
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Take My Zoom Class at the Writer’s Center This Summer!
I’m excited to offer a 6-week Zoom course through the Writer’s Center this summer. Here’s a description of the class: “Inspired by Jehanne Dubrow’s craft book, The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma, this workshop will provide both new and experienced poets with practical strategies for representing and exploring pain on the…
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Frivolity Has a Cover!
What a delight! My next book of nonfiction, Frivolity: A Defense, now has a lovely cover. And it goes so well with the cover of the last book I wrote for the No Limits Series, Taste: A Book of Small Bites. Both covers are a bit dotty. Both have a feeling of lightness and joy. Because Frivolity is part of…
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Summer Class at Politics & Prose!
This summer, I’m teaching a three-week, online class at Politics & Prose, my very favorite bookstore. When I was a child, Politics & Prose was an essential part of my family’s life. We lived five minutes from the original store location. Whenever my mother wanted to give me a treat, she would take me there…