Brief Bio:
Jennifer Jean is a poet, educator, editor, activist, 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's debut poetry collection is The Fool (Big Table); her poetry chapbooks include: The Archivist, and In the War. Her newest manuscript, titled Object, was a finalist for the 2016 Green Mountains Review Book Prize. Other honors include: a 2018 Disquiet FLAD Fellowship; a 2017 Her Story Is residency, where she worked with Iraqi women artists in Dubai; a 2016 Good Bones Prize; and, a 2013 Ambassador for Peace Award for her activism in the arts. Her poetry has appeared in: Poetry Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Rattle Magazine, Crab Creek Review, Denver Quarterly, Mud City Journal, Solstice, Pangyrus, and more. Jennifer is managing editor of Talking Writing Magazine, director of Free2Write Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors, and she teaches writing at Boston-area universities.
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, Rattle,Waxwing, Pangyrus, Crab Creek, SWWIM, Caketrain, the Denver Quarterly, the Tidal Basin Review, Mud City, Solstice Magazine, Rise Up Review, and others. Her poems have been anthologized in 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.
Jean is the founder of Free2Write: Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors. She is also managing editor of Talking Writing Magazine and a board member for Fort Point Theater Channel. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and children.
Website by Luc Jean : lcjean21@gmail.com
Jennifer Jean is a poet, educator, editor, activist, 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's debut poetry collection is The Fool (Big Table); her poetry chapbooks include: The Archivist, and In the War. Her newest manuscript, titled Object, was a finalist for the 2016 Green Mountains Review Book Prize. Other honors include: a 2018 Disquiet FLAD Fellowship; a 2017 Her Story Is residency, where she worked with Iraqi women artists in Dubai; a 2016 Good Bones Prize; and, a 2013 Ambassador for Peace Award for her activism in the arts. Her poetry has appeared in: Poetry Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Rattle Magazine, Crab Creek Review, Denver Quarterly, Mud City Journal, Solstice, Pangyrus, and more. Jennifer is managing editor of Talking Writing Magazine, director of Free2Write Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors, and she teaches writing at Boston-area universities.
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, Rattle,Waxwing, Pangyrus, Crab Creek, SWWIM, Caketrain, the Denver Quarterly, the Tidal Basin Review, Mud City, Solstice Magazine, Rise Up Review, and others. Her poems have been anthologized in 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.
Jean is the founder of Free2Write: Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors. She is also managing editor of Talking Writing Magazine and a board member for Fort Point Theater Channel. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and children.
Website by Luc Jean : lcjean21@gmail.com
