Jean Prokott is the author of the chapbook The Birthday Effect. She is a recipient of the AWP Intro Journals Award, League of Minnesota Poets Grand Prize, and two National Endowment for the Humanities scholarships. Her poetry and creative nonfiction have been published in Arts & Letters, Rattle, RHINO, and Laurel Review. She is a graduate of Minnesota State University Mankato's MFA program, holds a Master of Science in Education from Winona State, and lives in Rochester, Minnesota

Books by Jean Prokott:

Other poems on the web by Jean Prokott:
Three poems
Four poems
"Big, Fat Pregnancy Lies"
"Love Letter to IUD"

Jean Prokott's Website.

Jean Prokott on Twitter.

About The Second Longest Day of the Year:

"The Second Longest Day of the Year offers us a poetic landscape that is easily entered but not lightly forgotten. Jean Prokott's writing is agile. It moves gracefully from a stark wittiness and conversational observations to unforgettable imagery evoking the true palpability of grief. You'll find yourself pausing between pages to reflect and revel; to mourn or query; to grow and keep going."
—Sierra DeMulder