Bio

Geraldine Connolly has published five poetry collections including Province of Fire and Aileron. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Gettysburg Review, Poetry Ireland Review and Innisfree Review, She  taught at the Writers Center in Bethesda, Maryland, The Chautauqua Institution and the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She’s received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland Arts Council, and Breadloaf Writers Conference. Her work appears in many anthologies including Poetry 180: A Poem A Day for High School Students, A Constellation of Kisses and The Sonoran Desert: A Field Guide. She lives in Alameda, California. Her new book, Instructions at Sunset, was published by Terrapin Books in September 2025.