Jeanne Yu
Writer, Poet, Nature Lover
About
Jeanne Yu is a writer and poet, an ever-evolving mom, a lifelong engineer, photographer, and nature lover who lives every day in her hope for the world.
Jeanne was selected as a semi-finalist in Rattle’s 2021 poetry contest. Her poems, reviews, and essays reflect her life experiences as the American-born daughter of immigrants, a trail breaking woman engineer, an outdoor enthusiast and a catalyst seeking deeper conversations and understanding to empower collaboration for earth and equity.
She currently serves as Board Vice Chair for CALYX Press, volunteers for The Nature Conservancy and previously for Northwest Review and Perugia Press. She completed her MFA at Pacific University in 2023.
Her Poetry
Bellingham Review: “Deeper Than a Thousand Years”
Breakwater Review: “Dandelion”
Camas: “High Summer 2021”, “A Crossing”
Grist: “Women of Their Time”
Intima: “Mercury, A Public Service Announcement”
Moonstone Arts Center: “US” in Go Back Where You Came From Anthology
Otter House Arts: “A Good Day Defined”
Paper Dragon: “I Don’t Think of You as Asian”
Rattle: “Among the Baby Bok Choy”, “Scintilla”
The Inflectionist Review: “Remembering”
Non-Fiction
Essays:
Sneaker Wave: “Anything Worth Doing”
Intima: “Our Body is an Ecosystem”
Literary Reviews:
Oregon Poetry Association: Any Dumb Animal by A. E. Hines – Review
Perigee Moon, by Margaret Chula – Review
New Letters: When Your Sky Runs Into Mine by Rooja Mohassessy” Storms Women Carry
MER: Inconsolable Objects by Nancy Gomez Miller – A Review
Upcoming Events
29
Jun
Moonstone Arts Center “Go Back Where You Came From” Virtual Reading
06
Aug
Foulweather Bluff Reserve with The Nature Conservancy
09
sep