Brief Bio:
Jennifer Jean is a poet, translator, editor, educator, and consummate "literary citizen." She was born in Venice, California and lived in foster-care until she was seven. Her ancestors are from the Cape Verde Islands. Jennifer is the author of several poetry collections, including: THE FOOL (Big Table) and OBJECT LESSON--which is forthcoming from Lily Books in 2021, along with her teaching resource book OBJECT LESSON: A GUIDE TO WRITING POETRY. Her honors include: a Peter Taylor Fellowship from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop; a Disquiet Fellowship; a "Her Story Is" Residency, where she worked with Iraqi women artists in Dubai; and, an Ambassador for Peace Award for her activism in the arts. Her poetry, prose, and co-translations have appeared in: Poetry Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Rattle Magazine, Crab Creek Review, DMQ Review, Green Mountains Review, The Southampton Review, Salamander, The Common, and more. Jennifer is the Translations Editor at Talking Writing Magazine and the founder of Free2Write Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors.
Extended Bio:
Jennifer Jean was born in Venice, California, and lived in foster care until she was seven. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley (California) and earned her BA in creative writing from San Francisco State University and her MFA in poetry from Saint Mary’s College. Her debut poetry collection is The Fool (Big Table, 2013); her chapbooks include The Archivist (2011) and In the War (2010). She released Fishwife Tales (2011), a collaborative CD with composer Sarah Eide, which comprises art songs, rock ballads, and accompanied recitations. Jean’s poetry and prose have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Rattle Magazine, Crab Creek Review, Salamander, DMQ Review, Pangyrus, SWWIM, Caketrain, Denver Quarterly, Tidal Basin Review, Green Mountains Review, The Common, Solstice Magazine, Rise Up Review, Southampton Review, and elsewhere. Her poems have been anthologized in: Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora (2015), Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women (2016), and Inheriting the War: Poetry & Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees (2017). Her poetry manuscript Object , about objectification and human trafficking in the United States, was a finalist for the 2016 Green Mountains Review Book Prize and a semifinalist for the 2016 Akron Poetry Prize. She is the recipient of the 2016 Good Bones Poetry Prize.
Jennifer is the founder of Free2Write: Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors, the Translations Editor of Talking Writing Magazine , and a board member of Fort Point Theater Channel. She teaches writing at Mass College of Art, Grub Street Writing Center, and elsewhere. Jennifer lives in Massachusetts with her husband and children.
Website by Luc Jean : lcjean21@gmail.com
Jennifer Jean is a poet, translator, editor, educator, and consummate "literary citizen." She was born in Venice, California and lived in foster-care until she was seven. Her ancestors are from the Cape Verde Islands. Jennifer is the author of several poetry collections, including: THE FOOL (Big Table) and OBJECT LESSON--which is forthcoming from Lily Books in 2021, along with her teaching resource book OBJECT LESSON: A GUIDE TO WRITING POETRY. Her honors include: a Peter Taylor Fellowship from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop; a Disquiet Fellowship; a "Her Story Is" Residency, where she worked with Iraqi women artists in Dubai; and, an Ambassador for Peace Award for her activism in the arts. Her poetry, prose, and co-translations have appeared in: Poetry Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Rattle Magazine, Crab Creek Review, DMQ Review, Green Mountains Review, The Southampton Review, Salamander, The Common, and more. Jennifer is the Translations Editor at Talking Writing Magazine and the founder of Free2Write Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors.
Extended Bio:
Jennifer Jean was born in Venice, California, and lived in foster care until she was seven. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley (California) and earned her BA in creative writing from San Francisco State University and her MFA in poetry from Saint Mary’s College. Her debut poetry collection is The Fool (Big Table, 2013); her chapbooks include The Archivist (2011) and In the War (2010). She released Fishwife Tales (2011), a collaborative CD with composer Sarah Eide, which comprises art songs, rock ballads, and accompanied recitations. Jean’s poetry and prose have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Rattle Magazine, Crab Creek Review, Salamander, DMQ Review, Pangyrus, SWWIM, Caketrain, Denver Quarterly, Tidal Basin Review, Green Mountains Review, The Common, Solstice Magazine, Rise Up Review, Southampton Review, and elsewhere. Her poems have been anthologized in: Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora (2015), Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women (2016), and Inheriting the War: Poetry & Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees (2017). Her poetry manuscript Object , about objectification and human trafficking in the United States, was a finalist for the 2016 Green Mountains Review Book Prize and a semifinalist for the 2016 Akron Poetry Prize. She is the recipient of the 2016 Good Bones Poetry Prize.
Jennifer is the founder of Free2Write: Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors, the Translations Editor of Talking Writing Magazine , and a board member of Fort Point Theater Channel. She teaches writing at Mass College of Art, Grub Street Writing Center, and elsewhere. Jennifer lives in Massachusetts with her husband and children.
Website by Luc Jean : lcjean21@gmail.com
