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Jeanetta Calhoun Mish (born 1961) is an American poet and served as Oklahoma's twenty-first poet laureate.[1]

Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Born	1961 (age 60–61) Hobart, Oklahoma, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Texas Permian Basin University of Oklahoma
Genre	Poetry

Biography

Born in Hobart, Oklahoma in 1961, Mish was educated at the University of Houston, the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, and the University of Oklahoma, where she earned her doctorate in 2009.[2] She is a faculty member in the Red Earth MFA in creative writing at Oklahoma City University, which she also serves as program director.[3] Mish is the founder and editor of Mongrel Empire Press, based in Norman, Oklahoma.[4]

Works

• Tongue-Tied Woman (Soulspeak, 2001)
• Work is Love Mad Visible (West End Press, 2009)
• Ain't Nobody that can Sing like Me: New Oklahoma Writing, ed. (Mongrel Empire Press, 2010)
• Oklahomeland: Essays (Lamar University Press, 2015)
• What I Learned at the War (West End Press, 2016)

See also

• Poets Laureate of Oklahoma

References

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