# Jen Currin

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**Jen Currin** is an [American](/source/Americans)/[Canadian](/source/Canadians) poet and fiction writer. Born and raised in [Portland](/source/Portland,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), she is currently based in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) and teaches creative writing at [Kwantlen Polytechnic University](/source/Kwantlen_Polytechnic_University).[1] Her 2010 collection *The Inquisition Yours* won the [Audre Lorde Award](/source/Audre_Lorde_Award) for Lesbian Poetry in 2011,[1] and was shortlisted for that year's [Lambda Literary Award](/source/Lambda_Literary_Award), [Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize](/source/Dorothy_Livesay_Poetry_Prize) and [ReLit Award](/source/ReLit_Award).[1] 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*.[2]

Her debut short story collection, *Hider/Seeker*, was published in 2018.[3] It won a Canadian Independent Book Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 [ReLit Award](/source/ReLit_Award) for short fiction.[4]

## Personal life

She earned a bachelor's degree in English from [Bard College](/source/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](/source/Arizona_State_University), studying with poets Norman Dubie and Beckian Fritz Goldberg, and her master's degree in English at [Simon Fraser University](/source/Simon_Fraser_University).[5]

## Works

- *The Sleep of Four Cities* (2005, [Anvil Press](/source/Anvil_Press)). ISBN 1895636701.
- *Hagiography* (2008, [Coach House Books](/source/Coach_House_Books)). ISBN 9781552451977.
- *The Inquisition Yours* (2010, [Coach House Books](/source/Coach_House_Books)). ISBN 9781552452301.
- *School* (2014, [Coach House Books](/source/Coach_House_Books)). ISBN 9781770563773.
- *Hider/Seeker* (2018, [Anvil Press](/source/Anvil_Press)). ISBN 9781772141177.
- *Trinity Street* (2023, [House of Anansi](/source/House_of_Anansi)). ISBN 9781487011628.
- *Disembark* (2024, [House of Anansi](/source/House_of_Anansi)). ISBN 9781487011895.

## References

1. ["Jen Currin, "In Breath""](http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/poetry-spotlight/05/09/jen-currin-in-breath/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180815050250/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/poetry-spotlight/05/09/jen-currin-in-breath/) 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. [Lambda Literary Foundation](/source/Lambda_Literary_Foundation), May 9, 2011.

1. ["Jen Currin's poetic fragments"](https://archive.today/20130615223612/http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=4&STORY_ID=4755&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=2). *[Xtra Vancouver](/source/Xtra_Vancouver)*, May 7, 2008.

1. ["Jen Currin's Hider/Seeker story collection captures retreats and search for peace"](https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2018/06/01/jen-currins-hiderseeker-story-collection-captures-retreats-and-search-for-peace.html). *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, June 1, 2018.

1. ["40 books shortlisted for 2019 ReLit Awards"](https://www.cbc.ca/books/40-books-shortlisted-for-2019-relit-awards-1.5984062). [CBC Books](/source/CBC_Books), April 12, 2021.

1. Reimer, Nikki (June 6, 2012). ["READ ALL OVER — Jen Currin"](https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2012/06/06/read-all-over-jen-currin/). *vancouverisawesome.com*. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

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