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Beth Ann Fennelly

Beth Ann Fennelly was the poet laureate of Mississippi from 2016 to 2021. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Mississippi and lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with her husband and their three children.

Beth Ann Fennelly

Books by Beth Ann Fennelly

Tender Hooks: Poems
Beth Ann Fennelly
Paperback, 2005
A fearless delineation of the joys, absorptions, and—yes—jealousies of new motherhood.
Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother
Beth Ann Fennelly
Paperback, 2011
"May be the best book ever to give for a baby shower."—Tampa Tribune
Unmentionables: Poems
Beth Ann Fennelly
Hardback, 2008
A new collection by a poet declared "one of the most exciting poets of her generation" (Harvard Review).
Open House: Poems
Beth Ann Fennelly
Paperback, 2009
“With its high spirits, its love of textures of different kinds of writing . . . [this] is an immensely lively performance.” —Robert Hass
Unmentionables: Poems
Beth Ann Fennelly
Paperback, 2009
“Insouciant, sexy, funny, and dead-on . . . a startlingly empathetic series of concise and slashing poems.”—Booklist
Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs
Beth Ann Fennelly
Paperback, 2018
"Morning: bought a bag of frozen peas to numb my husband’s sore testicles after his vasectomy. Evening: added thawed peas to our carbonara." —from Heating & Cooling, "Married Love, IV"
Unmentionables: Poems
Beth Ann Fennelly
E Book, 2008
A new collection by a poet declared "one of the most exciting poets of her generation" (Harvard Review).
Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs
Beth Ann Fennelly
E Book, 2017
"Morning: bought a bag of frozen peas to numb my husband’s sore testicles after his vasectomy. Evening: added thawed peas to our carbonara." —from Heating & Cooling, "Married Love, IV"