The Amateur Scientist''s Notebook

About Jesse DeLong

Jesse DeLong teaches Composition and Literature at Louisiana State University but he grew up in Northern Idaho and Western Montana. He holds a B.A.in English from the University of Montana and an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Alabama. His poems have appeared in the anthologies Best New Poets 2011 and Feast: Poetry and Recipes for a Full Seating at Dinner as well as the journals Colorado Review Mid-American Review Indiana Review Painted Bride Quarterly and Typo. With book artist Sonja G. Rossow he has published several artists books and chapbooks including Tearings and Other Poems and Earthwards both through Curley Head Press. Other than traditional academic settings DeLong has taught Literature at Donaldson Correctional Facility and has worked as a Case Manager at a Reentry Services Center teaching hard-and-soft-skill courses such as Anger Management and Parenting to parolees and probationers. He resides in Baton Rouge Louisiana.