Gillian Conoley (born 1955) is an American poet, the author of seven collections of poetry. Her work has been anthologized widely, most recently in Norton’s
American Hybrid, Counterpath’s
Postmodern Lyricisms, Mondadori’s
Nuova Poesia Americana (Italian), and
Best American Poetry. Conoley's poetry has appeared in
Conjunctions,
New American Writing,
American Poetry Review,
The Canary,
A Public Space,
Carnet de Rouge,
Jacket,
Or,
Fence,
Verse,
Ironwood,
jubilat,
Zyzzyva,
Ploughshares, the
Denver Quarterly, the
Missouri Review and other publications. A recipient of the Jerome J. Seshtack Poetry Prize from
The American Poetry Review, as well as several
Pushcart Prizes, she is Professor and Poet-in-Residence at
Sonoma State University, where she is the founder and editor of
Volt. She has taught as a Visiting Poet at the
Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the
University of Iowa, the
University of Denver,
Vermont College,
Texas State University, and
Tulane University.