{{short description|American/Canadian poet|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Jen Currin''' is an American/Canadian poet and fiction writer. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia and teaches creative writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.<ref name=lambda>[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/poetry-spotlight/05/09/jen-currin-in-breath/ "Jen Currin, "In Breath""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815050250/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/poetry-spotlight/05/09/jen-currin-in-breath/ |date=2018-08-15 }}. Lambda Literary Foundation, May 9, 2011.</ref> Her 2010 collection ''The Inquisition Yours'' won the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry in 2011,<ref name=lambda /> and was shortlisted for that year's Lambda Literary Award, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and ReLit Award.<ref name=lambda /> Her 2014 collection School was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Award, the Dorothy Livesay Prize, and a ReLit Award.
Currin has published two prior poetry collections, ''The Sleep of Four Cities'' and ''Hagiography''.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130615223612/http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=4&STORY_ID=4755&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=2 "Jen Currin's poetic fragments"]. ''Xtra Vancouver'', May 7, 2008.</ref>
Her debut short story collection, ''Hider/Seeker'', was published in 2018.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2018/06/01/jen-currins-hiderseeker-story-collection-captures-retreats-and-search-for-peace.html "Jen Currin's Hider/Seeker story collection captures retreats and search for peace"]. ''Toronto Star'', June 1, 2018.</ref> It won a Canadian Independent Book Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 ReLit Award for short fiction.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/40-books-shortlisted-for-2019-relit-awards-1.5984062 "40 books shortlisted for 2019 ReLit Awards"]. CBC Books, April 12, 2021.</ref>
==Personal life== She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Bard College, where she studied with John Ashbery, who was her undergraduate thesis advisor. She did her MFA in creative writing at Arizona State University, studying with poets Norman Dubie and Beckian Fritz Goldberg, and her master's degree in English at Simon Fraser University.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reimer |first1=Nikki |title=READ ALL OVER — Jen Currin |url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2012/06/06/read-all-over-jen-currin/ |website=vancouverisawesome.com |accessdate=March 23, 2019 |date=June 6, 2012}}</ref>
==Works== *''The Sleep of Four Cities'' (2005, Anvil Press). {{ISBN|1895636701}}. *''Hagiography'' (2008, Coach House Books). {{ISBN|9781552451977}}. *''The Inquisition Yours'' (2010, Coach House Books). {{ISBN|9781552452301}}. *''School'' (2014, Coach House Books). {{ISBN|9781770563773}}. *''Hider/Seeker'' (2018, Anvil Press). {{ISBN|9781772141177}}. *''Trinity Street'' (2023, House of Anansi). {{ISBN|9781487011628}}. *''Disembark'' (2024, House of Anansi). {{ISBN|9781487011895}}.
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