Jen Currin
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Jen Currin is an American/Canadian poet. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia and teaches creative writing at Kwantlen University and Simon Fraser University.[1]
Her 2010 collection The Inquistion Yours won the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry in 2011,[1] and was a shortlisted nominee for that year's Lambda Literary Award, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and ReLit Award.[1]
She published two prior collections, The Sleep of Four Cities and Hagiography.[2]
Works
- The Sleep of Four Cities (2005, Anvil Press). ISBN 1895636701.
- Hagiography (2008, Coach House Books). ISBN 9781552451977.
- The Inquisition Yours (2010, Coach House Books). ISBN 9781552452301.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jen Currin, “In Breath”". Lambda Literary Foundation, May 9, 2011.
- ↑ "Jen Currin's poetic fragments". Xtra Vancouver, May 7, 2008.
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