Jennifer L. Knox on Comedy, Mushrooms, & Subverting Expectations

Hey poets & poetry lovers! I'm so thrilled to present this episode with the hilarious Jennifer L. Knox!

Jennifer’s fifth book of poems, Crushing It, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2020. Her poems have appeared five times in the Best American Poetry series & in publications such as the New York Times, the New Yorker & American Poetry Review. Her non-fiction writing has appeared in The New York Times & The Washington Post. Currently she is at work on MYCYOWA, a traveling art project designed to increase awareness of mycoremediation. From 2016-2017, she developed & curated the crowd-sourced poetry project, Iowa Bird of Mouth, which was supported by the Iowa Arts Council & the National Endowment for the Arts. Over 750 people from around the world contributed to the project. Jennifer teaches at Iowa State University & in an ongoing series of private creative writing classes online.  She is also the co-proprietor of a small spice company called Saltlickers. Born in Lancaster, California—home to Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, & the Space Shuttle—Jennifer received her B.A. from the University of Iowa, & her M.F.A. in poetry writing from New York University.

Thank you so much Jennifer for having a coke with us today!

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