Jolene Brink is the author of the poetry collection Peregrine (Red Bird Chapbooks), winner of the Merriam-Frontier Award. Her work has appeared in Orion, The New England Review, Poetry Northwest, Guide Along, The Carolina Quarterly, PostRoad, and others.
In 2023, she formed a community group dedicated to revitalizing Agate Bay in Two Harbors, MN. They were 1 of 8 communities in the country selected by the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design to receive dedicated design resources to lead a community-led design process.
She holds a BA from the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University and an MFA from The University of Montana. She lives near Duluth, MN just a few blocks from Lake Superior.
She’s currently writing a book about climate migration & multi-generational memory.
