Jennifer’s fifth book of poems, Crushing It, was published by Copper Canyon Press in October 2020. The New York Times Book Review said her work "hits, with deceptive ease, all the poetic marks a reader could want: intellectual curiosity, emotional impact, beautiful language, surprising revelation and arresting imagery."
Her poems have appeared five times in the Best American Poetry series and in publications such as the New York Times, the New Yorker and American Poetry Review. Her non-fiction writing has appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
From 2016-2017, she developed and curated the crowd-sourced poetry project, Iowa Bird of Mouth, which was supported by the Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Over 750 people from around the world contributed to the project.
Jennifer teaches at Iowa State University and in an ongoing series of private creative writing classes online. She is also the co-proprietor of a small spice company called Saltlickers.
Born in Lancaster, California—home to Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Space Shuttle—Jennifer received her B.A. from the University of Iowa, and her M.F.A. in poetry writing from New York University.
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