C. J. Sage is an American poet and artist best known for her precise wordplay, internal rhymes, and lyrical poetry. Sage was also the editor of the ''National Poetry Review'' and Press until 2015.

Biography

C. J. Sage was born and raised in

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. After taking her M.F.A. in Creative Writing/Poetry at

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...

, she taught poetry, writing, and literature at De Anza and

Hartnell College Hartnell College is a public community college in Salinas, California. Established in 1920 as Salinas Junior College, Hartnell is one of 115 schools that constitute the California Community Colleges, one of the three higher education systems i ...

. She is author of four collections of poetry, most recently, ''Open House'' (Salmon Poetry, 2017). Her third collection was ''The San Simeon Zebras'' (Salmon Poetry, 2010). Her second collection, ''Odyssea'' (Word Press, 2007), is a gender role-reversal of the Odyssey tale retold in modern times. Her first collection is, ''Let's Not Sleep'' (Dream Horse Press, 2001). Sage has also edited one animal rights poetry anthology, ''And We the Creatures'' (Dream Horse Press, 2003), and one literature textbook ''Field Notes in Contemporary Literature'' (Dream Horse Press, 2005). Her poems have appeared in ''The Antioch Review'', ''Barrow Street'', ''Black Warrior Review'', ''Boston Review'', ''Copper Nickel'', ''Orion'', ''Ploughshares'', ''POOL'', ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Shenandoah'', ''The Southeast Review'', ''The Threepenny Review'', and others. She has also judged many poetry book contests, including those for her first publisher.''Adirondak Review'', Small Press interviews – Dream Horse Press (2003)
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, a coastal town on the

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References

External links

Book: ''The San Simeon Zebras'' by Sage, C.J. (Salmon Poetry, 2010)

* ttp://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/awtc.html/ Book: ''And We the Creatures'' edited by Sage, C.J. (Dream Horse Press, 2003)
Book: ''Let's Not Sleep'' edited by Sage, C.J. (Dream Horse Press, 2001)

Audio: Writer's Sanctuary with Kim McMillon
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Magazine: ''The National Poetry Review''

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