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Jennifer K. Sweeney

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Jennifer K. Sweeney
Sweeney in 2006
Sweeney in 2006
Born1973
Connecticut
OccupationPoet, teacher
Notable worksHow to Ride on Bread and Music, Salt Memory
Notable awardsMain Street Rag Prize (2006)
Elinor Benedict Prize (2009)
James Laughlin Award (2009)
Perugia Press Prize (2009)
SpouseChad Sweeney

Jennifer K. Sweeney is an American poet.

Life

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Sweeney is the author of four poetry collections, Foxlogic, Fireweed (Backwaters Press/University of Nebraska, 2020) winner of the Backwaters Prize,[1] Little Spells (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2015), How to Live on Bread and Music (Perugia Press, 2009), winner of the 2009 James Laughlin Award[2] and the 2009 Perugia Press Prize. Her first collection, Salt Memory (Main Street Rag, 2006) won the 2006 Main Street Rag Poetry Award. Her poems have appeared in journals and magazines including Southern Review, Hunger Mountain, Crab Orchard, Spoon River and Passages North, where she won the 2009 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize. Her honors include a Cultural Equities Grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission and a residency from Hedgebrook. Sweeney holds an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts and serves as assistant editor for DMQ Review. Born in 1973, she grew up in Tolland, Connecticut. After teaching in San Francisco for twelve years, she relocated to Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband, poet Chad Sweeney.[3] She now lives in California.[4]

Honors and awards

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  • 2006 Main Street Rag Poetry Award
  • 2009 Perugia Press Prize
  • 2009 James Laughlin Award
  • 2019 Backwaters Prize in Poetry[5]

Works

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Poems online

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Published works

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  • —— (2006). Salt Memory. Main Street Rag Publications. Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  • —— (2009). How to Live on Bread and Music. Perugia Press. Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  • —— (2015). Little Spells. New Issues Poetry & Prose.
  • —— (2020). Foxlogic, Fireweed. Backwaters Press/University of Nebraska.

References

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  1. ^ "Foxlogic, Fireweed". Nebraska Press. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. ^ "Academy of American Poets > James Laughlin Award". Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  3. ^ "Perugia Press > Author Page > Jennifer K. Sweeney". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  4. ^ Sweeney, Jennifer K. (2009-08-12). "Jennifer K. Sweeney". Jennifer K. Sweeney. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  5. ^ "Foxlogic, Fireweed". Nebraska Press. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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Reviews

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