Jennifer Moxley (born 12 May 1964) is an American

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, and

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(French) who was born in

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. She got her GED at 16, took college courses while working in her father's shop, spent a year as an

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at age 18, and attended the

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. Her time at the university is detailed in her memoir, ''The Middle Room.'' She teaches poetry and poetics at the

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and resides in Orono, Maine with her partner, Steve Evans. She is working on an English translation of the poems and diaries of Quebecois poet Marie Uguay. In 2015, Moxley's collection ''The Open Secret'' won the

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. Her poems have been included in two anthologies of contemporary American verse published by W. W. Norton & Company.https://www.amazon.com/American-Hybrid-Norton-Anthology-Poetry/dp/0393333752
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Work

Poetry

*''Imagination Verses'' (New York: Tender Buttons, 1996) UK Edition (Cambridge: Salt, 2003) *''The Sense Record'' (Washington DC: Edge, 2002) UK Edition (Cambridge: Salt, 2003) *''Often Capital'' (Chicago: Flood, 2005) *''The Line'' (Sausalito: Post-Apollo, 2007) *''Clampdown'' (Chicago: Flood, 2009) *''Foyer States'' (Iowa City: Catenary, 2013) *''The Open Secret'' (Chicago: Flood Editions, 2014) *''Druthers'' (Chicago: Flood Editions, 2018)

Prose

* ''For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: Essays'' (Chicago: Flood Editions, 2021) * ''There Are Things We Live Among: Essays on the Object World.'' (Chicago: Flood Editions, 2012) * ''The Middle Room'' (Berkeley, CA: subpress, 2007)

Editing

*''The Poker'' (Somerville, MA), contributing editor, 2003 to present *''

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'' (Chicago), poetry editor, 1997. *''The Impercipient Lecture Series'' (Providence), co-editor with Steve Evans, 1997 *''The Impercipient'' (Providence), founder and editor 1992 to 1995

Translation

*''Writing the Real: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry'' (translated

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), 2016.

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*''The Translation Begins'' by Jacqueline Risset (Providence: Burning Deck, 1996) *''Sleep's Powers'' by Jacqueline Risset (New York: Ugly Duckling Presse)

References

Sources

Jennifer Moxley at EPC

External links

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Ron Silliman Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946) is an American poet. He has written and edited over 30 books, and has had his poetry and criticism translated into 12 languages. He is often associated with language poetry. Between 1979 and 2004, Silliman w ...

from his own

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, July 2007. Previously, Silliman discussed Moxley's ''Often Capital'' (and her poetry in general), on his blog during June 200
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