Jen Karetnick Non-Member Joined 2020

Poet, Writer, Editor, Teaching Artist

Poetry Nonfiction

Jen Karetnick is the author of 14 collections of poetry, including Bamboo Spine (Propel Poetry Series, 2027); Domiciliary (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, October 2026); Organ Language (Lit Fox Books, September 2026); and Inheritance with a High Error Rate (January 2024), winner of the 2022 Cider Press Review Book Award. Her work has won the Press 53 Poem Summer Challenge, Sweet: Lit Poetry Prize, Tiferet Writing Contest for Poetry, Split Rock Review Chapbook Competition, Hart Crane Memorial Prize, and Anna Davidson Rosenberg Prize, among other honors, and received support from more than a dozen residency and grants organizations. The co-founder of SWWIM and managing editor of SWWIM Every Day, she has work in New Ohio Review, North American Review, Plume, Poets.org, South Dakota Review, and elsewhere. Jen holds an MFA in Poetry from University of California, Irvine, and an MFA in Fiction from University of Miami. A journalist and eductaor for more than three decades, she lives in Miami.

Location:: El Portal, FL
Birthdate:: 18 February
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