Patricia Spears Jones is an American poet. She is the author of five books of poetry. Jones is the editor of “The Future Differently Imagined,” an issue of About Place Journal, the online publication of Black Earth Institute. Previously, she was the co-editor for Ordinary Women: Poems of New York City Women. Her poem “Beuys and the Blonde” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Jones was the winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize for 2017, and she was the 2020 Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University.
A native of Forrest City, Arkansas, Jones lives in New York City. She received her BA degree from Rhodes College in 1973, and her MFA from Vermont College in 1992. She has been a constant presence in the New York writing community.