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About Jennifer

Jennifer Jean is a poet, educator, editor, activist, and consummate "literary citizen." She is the author of a poetry collection, The Fool, and the author of two poetry chapbooks: The Archivist and In the War. Her awards include: a 2018 Disquiet FLAD Fellowship to study and write in Lisbon, Portugal; 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 manuscript OBJECT was a finalist for the Green Mountains Review Book Prize. Jennifer’s work has appeared in: POETRY Magazine, Rattle Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Crab Creek Review, Solstice: a Magazine of Diverse Voices, Warscapes, Pangyrus, and more. Her co-translations—of contemporary poetry by women writing in Arabic—are forthcoming in: The Common and Consequence Magazine. Jennifer’s work has been anthologized in: Inheriting the War: Poetry by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees; Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women; and The Anatomy of Silence. She’s the founder and director of Free2Write Poetry Workshops for Trauma Survivors (with a special emphasis on sex-trafficking survivors), a member of the board of directors for Fort Point Theater Channel, and she's the managing editor of Talking Writing Magazine. Jennifer teaches writing in Boston-area universities and libraries, and lives in Peabody MA with her husband and children.