McGlennen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[6] She holds a PhD in Native American studies from
UC Davis and an MFA in creative writing from
Mills College.[7]
Published works
Books
Creative Alliances: The Transnational Designs of Indigenous Women’s Poetry (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014).
Fried Fish and Flour Biscuits (Salt Publishing, 2010).
Work in anthologies
Our Lives Are Made of Recipes in Native Voices: Indigenous American Poetry, Craft and Conversation, Eds. Dean Rader and C. Marie Fuhrman, Tupelo Press, 2019[8]
Snake River IV in Ghost Fishing: An Anthology of Eco-Justice Poetry, Ed. Melissa Tucky, University of Georgia Press, 2017[9]
Composition in Tending the Fire, Ed. Chris Felver, University of New Mexico Press, 2017[10]
Snake River III and “Snake River IV,” Red Ink, Spring 2015
Bonfire I “Bonfire III,” and “Bonfire IV,” Yellow Medicine Review, Spring 2014
Snake River V As/Us: A Space for Women of the World, Issue 3, 2014
Snake River II and “Bonfire II,” Yellow Medicine Review, Spring 2012
Snake River I Natural Bridge Literary Journal, No. 26, Fall 2011
Interwoven Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas (Sun Tracks): University of Arizona Press, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Editor), Nov. 2011[11]