Jennifer L. Knox (born 1968) is an American

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Life and career

Knox was born in Lancaster, California and grew up in the

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. Her father was an accountant from

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, and her mother was a speech therapist. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Iowa, and her M.F.A. in poetry writing from New York University. She has taught poetry writing at Hunter College, New York University, and Iowa State University. Her first book of poems, ''A Gringo Like Me,'' was published in 2005 by Soft Skull Press. A second edition was printed in 2007 b
Bloof Books
Bloof Books
/ref> Her subsequent three books were published by Bloof Books. Her fifth book, Crushing It, was published b
Copper Canyon Press
in 2020. From 2016 to 2017, Knox was the developer and curator o
Iowa Bird of Mouth
a crowd-sourced poem project. She lives in Central Iowa, where she and her partner operat
Saltlickers
a small spice blend company.

Awards

2016 Iowa Arts Council Fellowship

Selected works

Books

*''Crushing It'' (

Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, founded in 1972 specializing exclusively in the publication of poetry. It is located in Port Townsend, Washington. Copper Canyon Press publishes new collections of poetry by both popu ...

, 2020) *''Days of Shame and Failure''
Bloof Books
2015) *''The Mystery of the Hidden Driveway''
Bloof Books
2010) *''Wir Fürchten Uns'' (Lux Books, Germany, 2008) *''Drunk By Noon''
Bloof Books
2007) *''A Gringo Like Me'' ( Softskull Press, 2005)

Poetry

* "Managing Your Adult ADHD," '' The American Poetry Review,'' v 49 no 3 *"Mr. Big," '' Poetry.'' May 2020 *"Full House," '' Granta'' (UK). May 1, 2019 *"Finding A Drawer Full of Driver's Licenses," '' The Kenyon Review,'' Sept/Oct 2019 *

Essays

* “Iowa Bird of Mouth: Keep a 12-Month Crowdsourced Poetry Project in the Air," ''American Poetry Review,'' July/August 2018
“Working Feelings into the Poetry Syllabus,"
''The Washington Post,'' April 9, 2018 *“Culinary Memoirs of a Non-chef,” ''The Inquisitive Eater: New School Food,'' November 8, 2017 *''Magma'' (UK), “I Chose the Poodle: Thwarting Expectations and Shooting Yourself in the Foot with Humour," November 2016

Anthologies

* ''The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses,'' 2022 *''The Best American Poetry'' (2020, 2011, 2006, 2003 and 1997) *''The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present'' *''Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to Present'' *''Free Radicals: American Poets before Their First Books''

References

External links

Knox's website
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