Jennifer K Dick, (born 1970) is an American

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and

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born in

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, raised in

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

and currently living in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

, France. She has been classified as a post- L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school poet and, by Amy Catanzano, as a U+F+O+L+A+N+G+U+A+G+E poet with a strong background in lyric and narrative tradition.

Teaching and writing career

She has taught

American Literature American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the British colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature, but also ...

, British

Romantic Poetry Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. It involved a reaction against prevailing Neoclassical ideas of the 18th c ...

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, American Civilization, and English. Since 2009, she has been a Maître de Conférences at the Université de Haute Alsace in

, France. Her doctoral research for her PhD was completed under the direction of

Jean Bessière Jean Bessière is professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne ( University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle), and was educated at the École Normale Supérieure and holds a PhD (docteur d'Etat) from the Sorbonne as well as being agrégé ...

at the

Université de Paris III The Sorbonne Nouvelle University (, also known as Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Sorbonne) is a public liberal arts and humanities university in Paris, France. It is one of the inheritors of the hi ...

: La Sorbonne Nouvelle in 2009 and her critical writings on contemporary cross-genre poets and prose authors are in the field of

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with an accent on

Visual studies Visual culture is the aspect of culture expressed in visual images. Many academic fields study this subject, including cultural studies, art history, critical theory, philosophy, media studies, Deaf Studies, and anthropology. The field of visua ...

Modernism Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...

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and the

Avant-garde In the arts and literature, the term ''avant-garde'' ( meaning or ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable ...

, including work on

Susan Howe Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements.

Myung Mi Kim Myung Mi Kim (; born December 6, 1957) is a Korean American poet noted for her postmodern writings. Kim and her family immigrated to the United States when she was nine years old. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa and l ...

Anne-Marie Albiach Anne-Marie Albiach (9 August 1937 – 4 November 2012) was a contemporary French poet and translator. Overview Anne-Marie Albiach's was a renowned French poet and writer born in Saint -Nazaire, France on 9 August 1937. Anne- Marie Albiach ...

Claude Royet-Journoud Claude Royet-Journoud (born 8 September 1941 in Lyon, France) is a contemporary French poet and artist living in Paris . Overview Royet-Journoud's publications in French include his tetralogy, published between 1972 and 1997: ''Le Renversement'', ...

Lisa Jarnot Isaac Jarnot (born 1967) is an American poet. He was born in Buffalo, New York and studied literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 1994 he received an MFA in creative writing from Brown University. He has lived in San Franc ...

, and Maurice Roche. Dick also holds a

Master of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admi ...

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

from Colorado State University where she worked with Laura Mullen and a BA in

English Literature English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian d ...

from

Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. It is the oldest member of the h ...

where she spent three years in Lyric Poetry and Russian Poetry courses with Nobel Laureat

Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly ...

Works

Books

*
Fluorescence
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University of Georgia Press The University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is the university press of the University of Georgia, a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia. It is the oldest and largest publishing house in Georgia and a me ...

, 2004, Contemporary Poetry Series) *''ENCLOSURES'' ( BlazeVox, New York, NY, 2007) *Circuits
Corrupt Press Books
2013) *''Lilith: A Novel in Fragments'' (Corrupt Press Books, 2019) *''That Which I Touch Has No Name'' (Black Spring Press Group, 2022)

Chapbooks and Art Collaborative Books

*''Retina/Rétine''
Estepa Editions
Paris, France, with artwork by Kate Van Houten and translations by Rémi Bouthonnier, 2005) *Poetry: Tracery (Dusie Kollectif, chapbook, 20912)
Betwixt
(Corrupt Books, 2012)
ConversionEstepa Editions
with artwork by Kate Van Houten 2013)
No TitleEstepa Editions
Paris, 2015) after artwork by

Rabih Mroué Rabih Mroué (, born 1967) is a Lebanese stage and film actor, playwright, and visual artist. Rooted in theater, his work includes videos and installation art; the latter sometimes incorporates photography, text and sculpture. Biography Born in ...

*''Comme Un'' n^o 9, (AREA gallery and publisher, with artwork by Matsutani Takesada, Akira Inumaru, Takeshi Sumi et Akira Takaishi, design par Alin Avila, Paris, France, 2017) *''Afterlife'' (Angel House Press, Ottawa, Canada, 2017) after art show "Dessins d'ombre" by Véronique Arnold and for dancer Olivier Gabrys performance ''Traces de son amant qui s'en va'' (Museum of Fine Arts, Mulhouse, France, 2016)

Criticism: Books

*Criticism: co-directed with Stephanie Schwerter
Transmissibility and Cultural Transfer: Dimensions of Translation in the Humanities
(Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012) *Criticism: co-directed with Stephanie Schwerter
Traduire: transmettre ou trahir? Réflexions sur la traduction en sciences humaines
(Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, 2013) *Co-directed the anthology and co-authored the "avant-propos" (introduction) with Kunsthalle Director Sandrine Wymann: ''Dossier des ouvrages exécutés, écrire l'art'' (Éditions de la Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre d'Art Contemporaine, France, available at les presses du réel, France, 2019).

In anthologies and collaborations

*Poem: ''Ondulations'' (Aeneis Editions, Paris, 2009) artbook with 4 original paintings by Giorgio Fidone & texts by Jennifer K Dick (English) Jacques de Longeville (French), & Susana Sulic (Argentinian Spanish). *Poems: “A Dark Continent”, “The Price of an Idea” in ''Moosehead Anthology X: Future Welcome'', an anthology of science-based poems edited by Todd Swift, DC Books, Canada, 2005. *Poems: “The Memory Machine”, “Mucking Around in the Wetware” in ''Beyond the Valley of the Contemporary Poets'', a VCP Anthology, ed Elizabeth Ianacci, Los Angeles, CA 2004. *Poem: “Theater” in ''In the Criminal's Cabinet: An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction'', ed Val Stevenson and Todd Swift, nth position press, London, 2004. *Poem: “Where” in ''SHORT FUSE: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry'', ed. Todd Swift and Paul Norton, Rattapallax Press, NYC, USA, 2002, and “After” in the e-book anthology extension, 2002. *Poem: “Election Day” in ''100 Poets Against the War'', ed. Todd Swift, Salt Press, UK, 2003.

Critical articles in journals and collective books

* Criticism: “

Craig Santos Perez Craig Santos Perez (born February 6, 1980) is a poet, essayist, former university professor, and publisher from the Chamorro people, born in Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Guam Island. His poetry has received multiple awards, including the 2023 National ...

and

Voicing the Integral Divide: Reshaping American History through Multi-lingualism” in the book ''American Multiculturalism in Context: Views from at Home and Abroad'' (ed. by Samuel Ludwig), , Cambridge Scholars, UK, January 2017. * Criticism in French: « ‘Le corps toujours autre’ dans les sonorités visuelles de Jacques Sivan » in the book ''L’écriture mo(t)léculaire de Jacques Sivan. Choix de textes de 1983-2016 avec des interventions de Vannina Maestri, Jennifer K. Dick, Jean-Michel Espitallier, Emmanuèle Jawad, Luigi Magno et Gaëlle Théval'', edited by Laurent Cauwet, , les éditions Al Dante/preses du réel, France, 2017 (453 p.), pp. 29-50. * Criticism: « Circles and Lines / Limits and Extensions : The Kinetic Conflicts Inherent in

Anne Carson Anne Patricia Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across ...

’s ''The Life of Towns'' and

Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky ( – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstract art, abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in ...

’s ''Point and Line to Plane'' », dir. Pascale Tollance, Cambridge Scholars, UK, 2016 (199 p.), pp. 48–68. * Criticism: « Invisible Collisions: Considering

Susan Howe Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements.

’s Reform of the Poetic, Critical & Autobiographical Essay », ''Seventeen Seconds': A Journal of Poetry and Poetics'', issue 7, Canada, June 2013. * Criticism in French: « La revue de Pierre Albert-Birot. SIC prend l’extrême pointe de l’avant-garde pendant la Première Guerre mondiale » in the book ''Poétiques scientifiques dans les revues européennes de la modernité (1900-1940)'', co-edited by Noëlle Cuny and Tania Collani, (livre broché) ; (livre relié). Classiques Garnier, Paris, 2013, (461p.), pp. 287–303.

In journals

Other works have appeared in over 50 journals such as ''

Colorado Review The ''Colorado Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine published by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University. History and profile The magazine was established in 1956. It presents the annual Nelligan Prize for Short Fict ...

'', ''

Gargoyle Magazine ''Gargoyle Magazine'' is a literary magazine based in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1976 by Russell Cox, Richard Peabody, and Paul Pasquarella. By 1977, Peabody was the only remaining original editor. He continued running the magazine ...

'', ''American Letters & Commentary'', '' Tears in the Fence'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''Cutbank'', '' Barrow Street'' and ''Aufgabe''. Recent poems from her 2014-16 project on the CERN appear on

Dusie ''Dusie'' began in 2003 by curating an experimental poetics journal online. In 2006, the magazine began publishing full-length works in paperback format. Dusie's full-length collections include poetry books by Joe Ross, Anne Blonstein, Kristy Bowen ...

, Molly Bloom, Spoon Bending from Cordite Poetry Review, and Undertow Magazine and have been translated into Czech and French. Dick has conducted interviews with many contemporary poets who have had an influence on her work, such as

Alice Notley Alice Elizabeth Notley (November 8, 1945 – May 19, 2025) was an American poet. Notley came to prominence as a member of the second generation of the New York School of poetry—although she always denied being involved with the New York Schoo ...

, Cole Swensen,

Marilyn Hacker Marilyn Hacker (born November 27, 1942) is an American poet, translator and critic. She is Professor of English emerita at the City College of New York. Her books of poetry include ''Presentation Piece'' (1974), which won the National Book Award, ...

, and Mary Jo Bang (who was the previous poetry editor of ''

Boston Review ''Boston Review'' is an American quarterly political and literary magazine. It publishes political, social, and historical analysis, literary and cultural criticism, book reviews, fiction, and poetry, both online and in print. Its signature form ...

''). Her critical writings and book reviews have appeared in Drunken Boat, Jacket 2 and ''Tears in The Fence''. She also writes a regular poetics column for Tears in the Fence UK called "Of Tradition and Experiment". « Le Spectre des langues possibles : création et politiques n°7 » an interview of her on the issues of poetic practice and politics by Emmanuèle Jawad, appeared in French on '' Diacritik'', 17 Oct 2016

Paris scene and Ivy writers

In 1993, Jennifer K Dick moved to France for the first time, but it was only after returning to Paris following her MFA in 1999 that Dick became involved with a young North American writing scene. In 1999, Dick became editor-in-chief for the Paris-based international literature and arts review ''Upstairs at Duroc'' (issues 2–6). At this time, Dick met American poet and translator Michelle Noteboom (author of ''Edging'', Cracked Slab Books, 2005). George Vance, Michelle Noteboom, current Upstairs at Duroc editor Barbara Beck and Jennifer K Dick formed a four-voice poetry performance group called "Quadriphonics" which drew a full house at each of its events. In 2005, Dick and Noteboom co-founde
IVY Writers Paris
series for bilingual readings in Paris. Ivy Writers promotes exchange between authors from France and primarily the US with monthly readings for the public. These performances bring together prominent poets from various countries who work primarily in an experimental vein of writing. In spring 2016 Ivy Writers Paris acquired association 1901 status with the intention of eventually publishing a bilingual anthology of work by Ivy Writers Paris authors. As an extension of the community writing activities in Paris, Jennifer K Dick has guest edited Ivy Writers Paris sections for Paris Lit Up Magazine, and became in 2009 a poetry editor for the Amsterdam-based review

Versal Literary Journal ''Versal'' is an English-language literary magazine that publishes poetry, prose and art. It was founded in 2002 by American poet Megan M. Garr (editor) and is published by wordsinhere, a literary organization in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2009, Po ...

Residency for French authors
"Écrire L'Art"
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In 2011, Dick began co-curating with Contemporary Art Center Director Sandrine Wymann a tri-annual mini-residency in French for French authors at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France called "Écrire L'Art". For 10 years, authors from all corners of France, but also from Lebanon, Italy and Germany participated in this residency, including: Jérôme Mauche, Virgine Poitrasson, Frédéric Forté, Véronique Pittolo, Jean-Michel Espitallier, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Michaël Batalla, Stéphane Bouquet, Cécile Mainardi, Martin Richet, Eric Suchère, Hyam Yared, Anne Portugal, Andrea Inglese, Christophe Fiat, Dominique Quélen, Frank Smith, Christophe Manon, Sandra Moussempès, Deborah Heissler, and Luc Bénazet. A book designed by graphic artist Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié from the first ten years of this collaborative residency including writing from these 21 poets appeared in Fall 2019: ''Dossier des ouvrages exécutés, écrire l'art''. Starting in September 2019, the format of this residency mutated. In this format of "Ecrire l'Art II" a single author is invited in to the museum and the university three to four times during the year, corresponding with the three to four main exhibitions at the Kunsthalle. Each fall, a volume of work will designed once more by Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié is published. In 2019-2020 the Marseilles poet Laura Vazquez was the first author in residency for this new version of Écrire l'Art. Given the special Covid-19 circumstances, her residency was extended into 2021. This resident was followed by Vannina Maestri and current (2022) Nicolas Tardy.

References

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