Meet Jennifer

Poet ~ Fiction Writer ~ Educator

Lit-amorous, I'm on the perpetual quest to find the next amazing poem to read, savor and share.

After twenty years writing and publishing fiction, I have recently "come out" as a poet, thanks to supportive editors, teachers & friends.

I live in a rural community in Northern California, on Pomo ancestral lands. An East Coast native, I love mild winters, anything Jane Austen, & the raucous coast of Sonoma County.

Selected Publications

Upcoming

Failed Creation, The Inflectionist Review, 4/25

Published

Lost (poetry), One Art Poetry, 11/24

Recovery, Five Prose Poems (poetry), Mackinaw Journal, 11/24

Bones & Song (poetry), Red Eft Review, 10/24

A Journal of Lost Love (prose poem), Unbroken, 10/24

Because of You (flash memoir), Five Minutes, 09/24

Memorial to Scarcity (poetry), One Art Poetry, 08/24

Dear John Letter, Circa 1768 (story), Brilliant Flash Fiction, Tenacity Anthology, 08/ 24

A Revelation of Trees (poetry), The Inflectionist Review, 08/24

Territories (poetry), Poetry Breakfast, 07/24

Daughter's Housekeeping (poetry), Poetry Breakfast, 06/24

Sudden Storm (poetry), Autumn Sky, 05/24

The Time for Us (poetry), The Eunoia Review, 02/24

The Apology (micro-fiction), 50-word Stories, 01/24

Your Name (poetry), One Art, 01/24

Our Lives Divided (flash fiction), Bright Flash Literary Review, 01/24

A Strong Man (flash fiction), The Sparrow & Nightingale Journal, 06/23

Still Life (flash fiction), Ekphrastic Review, 08/22

New & Precious Sounds (flash fiction), Bright Flash Literary Review, 06/22

Emergency Preparedness (poem), Writing in a Woman’s Voice, 04/22

The Book of Regrets (flash fiction), Platform for Prose, 03/22

Wild Zinnia (flash fiction), Friday Flash Fiction, 02/22

Laundry List (flash fiction), Lake County Bloom, 9/20

The 8:08 (poem), Lake County Bloom, 6/20

What Good Secretaries Do (short story), First Leaves Literary Journal, 5/09

A Bird Bath’s Welcome (memoir), Women’s Voices, 11/08

The Rooms of Mrs. Howarth (short story 1st prize), The Dickens Literary Review, 12/05

Finding Him Gone (memoir), Flashquake Literary Journal, 9/05

Other People’s Business (flash fiction), Red Hills Literary Review, 11/04

Teaching Experience

English Hound Private Tutoring (present)
Mendocino College, Creative Writing (2023)
Kelseyville High School, English (2019-2021)
Fusion Academy, English (2015-2016)
MIT Learning Center, ELA (2014)
Beyond Academics, ELA (2013-2014)
Peacedale Library, Creative Writing (2013)
Milford Adult Education, Creative Writing (2011)
Institute for Reading Development (summer 2010)
Santa Rosa Junior College, Essay Writing (2006-2010)