jenniferjean
fish wife tales
“The aim of the poet and the poetry is finally to be of service...”
~Seamus Heaney
Jennifer Jean is the author of the poetry chapbook In the War (Big Table Publishing Co., 2010). Her poetry, essays, literary interviews, and reviews have been published in numerous journals, including North Dakota Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, Awakenings Review, Santa Clara Review, Southern California Review, Caketrain, Relief Quarterly, The Wilderness House Review, The MOM Egg Journal, Art Throb and Megaera; as well, she's received an Agnes Butler Award from the Academy of American Poets. Jennifer is Poetry Editor for the arts and lifestyle magazine Art Throb, directs Thursday’s Theatre of Words & Music artist’s performance series, and teaches writing and literature at Salem State University.
News:
Sept. 17th-19th at the Salem Literary Festival I'm hosting three events: Thursday on Saturday, Life of a Poem, and Northshore Poets in the Round.
Purchase In the War at www.bigtablepublishing.com.
Read a review of In the War at the Salem Gazette.
Find Fishwife Music video clips on youtube or on my WRITINGS/PROJECTS page.
Click my NEWS page for a list of upcoming readings.
