Jane Olmsted

Jane Olmsted is a poet, memoirist, and writer who taught English at Western Kentucky University and is now retired. Her poems and stories have appeared in journals including Nimrod and Poetry Northwest. She has published a poetry collection, a chapbook, and memoir and fiction with Legacy Book Press. Her memoir The Tree You Come Home To, published by Legacy Book Press in early 2022, covers her family's experience with mental illness, addiction, and the murder of her youngest son. Her essay 'The Weight of a Human Heart' won a Memoir Journal prize.