Eleanor Jane Miller Laino (March 10, 1948 – November 16, 2021) was an American poet, author of Girl Hurt (Alice James Books, 1995). She has a new collection, Cracking Open, forthcoming. Her honors include a Vermont Studio Center fellowship and the 1996 American Book Award, and her work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review, New York Quarterly, and Poetry East. She was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Fitchburg State College, and lived in Key West and taught at Florida Keys Community College.

Honors and awards

1996 American Book Award for Girl Hurt

Prairie Schooner Readers' Choice Award

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

Anthologies edited

References

External links

Author Page: Alice James Books > E.J. Miller Laino

1948 births

2021 deaths

American women poets

People from Key West, Florida

Poets from Florida

University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni

Fitchburg State University alumni

American Book Award winners

21st-century American women

20th-century American poets

E.J. Miller Laino