Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
Appearance
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza | |
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Born | December 17, 1987 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Poet |
Notable work | i'm alive / it hurts / i love it THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS |
Partner | Eileen Elizabeth (2021-Present) |
Website | joshuajenniferespinoza |
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (born December 17, 1987)[1] is an American poet from Riverside, California.[2] She is a Visiting Professor of English at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Espinoza's works have been published in Poetry Magazine,[4] PEN America,[5] Lambda Literary,[6] The Offing,[7] Shabby Doll House,[8] Electric Cereal,[9] Voicemail Poems,[10] and The Rumpus.[11]
Espinoza's work covers topics like mental illness, coming out as a transgender woman, as well as universal themes like love, grief, anger, and beauty. Her poems often take a tender yet searing tone, yoking together personal experiences of loss with a sense of fullness underscored by abstract metaphors drawing drom both urban and rural environments.
Bibliography
- i'm alive / it hurts / i love it. Boost House. 2014 ISBN 9780996069113
- THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS. Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016. ISBN 9781937865733
- Outside Of The Body There Is Something Like Hope. Big Lucks Books. 2018. ISBN 9781941985830
- I'm Alive. It Hurts. I Love It. (Second Edition) Big Lucks Books. 2019. ISBN 9781941985304
- I Don't Want To Be Understood. 2024. Alice James Books. ISBN 9781949944631
References
- ^ Roggenbuck, Steve; Scott, E. E.; Younghans, Rachel, eds. (Apr 2014). The YOLO Pages. Boost House. p. 51. ISBN 978-0996069106.
- ^ Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (2014). I'm Alive/It Hurts/i Love it. Boost House. ISBN 9780996069113. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Jennifer Espinoza". Occidental College. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ Magazine, Poetry (2019-06-21). "Birthday Suits by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "Five Poems by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". PEN America. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "A Poem by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". Lambda Literary. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "It Is Important To Be Something". The Offing. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Espinoza, Joshua Jennifer. "A Love/Hate Relationship". Shabby Doll House. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 11 Feb 2015.
- ^ "wind poems". Electric Cereal. 22 Jan 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 11 Feb 2015.
- ^ "untitled poem". 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
External links
- THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS, book review at goodreads.com
- Interview, at upthestaircase.org
- The shared experiences of poetry with Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, at thecreativeindependent.com