Born: 1976 (circa), United States (assumed)
Died: NA
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is a student at Harvard Divinity School and teaches writing at Grub Street. She recently completed a short story collection and her stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, Harvard Review, Puerto del Sol, and other publications. A story of hers was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and listed as a notable story in Best American Short Stories, 2008. Her non-fiction has appeared in The Democratic Strategist, Alternet.org, and The Advocate. With this fellowship, she will begin work on a non-fiction book. She grew up in North Carolina and currently lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, with her wife, Meghann Burke.