Eleanor Jane Miller Laino (March 10, 1948 – November 16, 2021)[1] was an American poet, author of Girl Hurt (1995). She had a new collection, Cracking Open, forthcoming before her death.[2][needs update]

E. J. Miller Laino
Born(1948-03-10)March 10, 1948
DiedNovember 16, 2021(2021-11-16) (aged 73)
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Fitchburg State College
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award (1996)

She was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Fitchburg State College,[3] and lived in Key West[4] and taught at Florida Keys Community College.[5]

Her honors include a Vermont Studio Center fellowship and the 1996 American Book Award,[2] and her work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review, New York Quarterly,[6] and Poetry East.[7]

Honors and awards

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Published works

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Poetry collections

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  • —— (1995). Girl Hurt. Alice James Books. ISBN 9781882295074.
  • —— (2000). Turning.

Anthologies edited

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  • Robert Cording; Shelli Jankowski-Smith; E. J. Miller Laino, eds. (1998). In My Life: Encounters with The Beatles. Fromm International Pub. Co. ISBN 9780880641920.

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