J.P. White is the author of two novels, Every Boat Turns South and The Last Tale of Norah Bow. His sixth book of poems, A Tree Becomes a Room, was the 2022 winner of the White Pine Poetry Prize, selected by Danusha Lemeris. His seventh book, Rough Sea, was the 2024 of the Grayson Book Prize, selected by Chase Twichell. He is the editor-at-large for Plant-Human Quarterly. His poems have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Poetry and many other places over the last 50 years.
