About Jeffrey Perkins

Jeffrey Perkins earned his BA from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana and his MA in American Studies from University of Massachusetts Boston. He later studied poetry at Bennington College where he received his MFA and was the recipient of the Jane Kenyon Memorial Scholarship. His poems have been published in Tupelo Quarterly, The Adroit Journal, Memorious, Rhino, The Cortland Review, The Massachusetts Review, and other journals. His first book of poems, Kingdom, was released in April 2020 by Spork Press. He is the co-author, with Frances Moore Lappe, of You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear. He lives in North Bennington, Vermont and can be reached at jperkins44@gmail.com