Jill McDonough
Lecturer in Poetry
Selected Academic Appointments
Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at UMass Boston
Selected Publications
Poetry
- American Treasure. Alice James Books, 2022. Reviewed in the Boston Globe.
- Here All Night. Alice James Books, 2019
- Reaper. Alice James Books, 2017
Selected Awards, Honors, and Residences
- Writer in Residence, Mariposa Secure Detention Facility for Girls, Boston, 2025-present
- Finalist, Palette Poetry Sappho Prize for Women Poets, 2024
- Housatonic Book Award Winner for American Treasure, 2023
- Mass Book Award “Must Read” for American Treasure, 2023
- Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Opportunity Grant, City of Boston, 2023
- Inaugural recipient of the Provost’s Award for Community Engaged Scholarship and Teaching, UMass Boston, 2022
- Writer in Residence, Saint Francis House Shelter for Unhoused Women, Boston, 2021-2023
Selected Presentations
- Emerson College Visiting Writer, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
- Black Seed Writers’ Group for the Unhoused, St. Paul’s Church, Boston: visiting poetry teacher, 2012, 2013, 2021
- Roxbury Poetry Festival, 2021