Jennifer K. Sweeney

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Jennifer K. Sweeney
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Sweeney in 2006
Born1973
Connecticut
OccupationPoet, teacher
Notable worksHow to Ride on Bread and Music, Salt Memory
Notable awardsMain Street Rag Prize (2006)
Elinor Benedict Prize (2009)
James Laughlin Award (2009)
Perugia Press Prize (2009)
Spouse Chad Sweeney

Jennifer K. Sweeney is an American poet.

Biography

Sweeney was born in 1973 and grew up in Tolland, Connecticut.

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Sweeney holds an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts and serves as assistant editor for DMQ Review. [1] After teaching in San Francisco for twelve years, she relocated to Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband, poet Chad Sweeney. [2] She now lives in California. [3]

Sweeney is the author of four poetry collections, Foxlogic, Fireweed (Backwaters Press/University of Nebraska, 2020) winner of the Backwaters Prize, [4] Little Spells (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2015), How to Live on Bread and Music (Perugia Press, 2009), winner of the 2009 James Laughlin Award [5] and the 2009 Perugia Press Prize. Her first collection, Salt Memory (Main Street Rag, 2006) won the 2006 Main Street Rag Poetry Award. Her poems have appeared in journals and magazines including Southern Review, Hunger Mountain, Crab Orchard, Spoon River and Passages North, where she won the 2009 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize. Her honors include a Cultural Equities Grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission and a residency from Hedgebrook.

Honors and awards

Works

Poems online

Published works

References

  1. Poets, Academy of American. "Jennifer K. Sweeney Receives the James Laughlin Award". poets.org. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  2. "Perugia Press > Author Page > Jennifer K. Sweeney". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  3. Sweeney, Jennifer K. (2009-08-12). "Jennifer K. Sweeney". Jennifer K. Sweeney. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  4. "Foxlogic, Fireweed". Nebraska Press. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  5. "Academy of American Poets > James Laughlin Award". Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  6. "Foxlogic, Fireweed". Nebraska Press. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

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