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Greetings! I’m a writer, editor, and teacher, and I enjoy connecting with readers and other writers. From 2017 to 2021, I served as Alabama's Poet Laureate. My latest book is a poetry chapbook, "Borrowed Light," and my current writing projects are a literary history in the form of narrative nonfiction based on the lives of the writer Sara Mayfield and her friends, a collection of poems about my late father, and a co-edited collection of essays about southern women, aging, and creativity. I call this blog and website "A Map of the World" because I think that, as writers, we each map the world through our own lives and imaginations. Welcome to my particular map! To get in touch, you can email me at forjenhorne@gmail.com or find me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/for.jen.horne where I post a Mid-Week Poetry Break every Wednesday.

Events

2022:
POSTPONED UNTIL NOVEMBER: September 25: 5 p.m. A reading at Broad Street Books, Selma, Alabama, from Borrowed Light and Root & Plant & Bloom: Poems by Dodie Walton Horne. 

August 27: Writer as Editor: The Creative Process of Editing an Anthology, Alabama Writers Cooperative Annual Meeting (postponed to 2023).

July 5: Author/Booksigning Summer Series, St. Mark Methodist Church, Northport, Alabama.

June 14: Poetry Reading, Authors Night Out, Lorrie Lane Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

April 1: Featured Speaker, Women's Connection Reception, College English Association Annual Meeting.

March 4-5, Monroeville Literary Festival, "Poetry Conversations" with Charles Waters.





2021:
Nov. 12-14, Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation, Vero Beach, Florida. Various events. 

2020:
Happened online!

2019:
April 13: Alabama Book Festival, Southern Writers on Writing panel and poetry panel moderator.
March 16, Borrowed Light launch, Madison (AL) Public Library, 2-4 p.m.
March 18, Borrowed Light reading, University of Montevallo, 3:30 p.m., J. A. Brown Room, Carmichael Library.
March 27, Borrowed Light reading, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Wilson Gallery, 2-4 p.m.
April 2, University of Alabama Creative Writing Masterclass, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Morgan Hall 301.
April 13, Southern Writers on Writing panel, Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, AL.



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