Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

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Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
Born (1987-12-17) December 17, 1987 (age 37)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPoet
Notable worki'm alive / it hurts / i love it THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS
PartnerEileen Elizabeth (2021-Present)
Website joshuajenniferespinoza.com

Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (born December 17, 1987) [1] is an American poet from Riverside, California. [2] She is a Visiting Professor of English at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. [3]

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Espinoza's works have been published in Poetry Magazine, [4] PEN America , [5] Lambda Literary, [6] The Offing, [7] Shabby Doll House, [8] Electric Cereal, [9] Voicemail Poems, [10] and The Rumpus. [11]

Espinoza's work covers topics like mental illness, coming out as a transgender woman, and universal themes like love, grief, anger, and beauty. Her poems often take a tender yet searing tone, yoking together personal experiences of loss with a sense of fullness underscored by abstract metaphors drawing from both urban and rural environments.

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References

  1. Roggenbuck, Steve; Scott, E. E.; Younghans, Rachel, eds. (Apr 2014). The YOLO Pages. Boost House. p. 51. ISBN   978-0996069106.
  2. Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (2014). I'm Alive/It Hurts/i Love it. Boost House. ISBN   9780996069113 . Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  3. "Jennifer Espinoza". Occidental College. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  4. Magazine, Poetry (2019-06-21). "Birthday Suits by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  5. "Five Poems by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". PEN America. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. "A Poem by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". Lambda Literary. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  7. "It Is Important To Be Something". The Offing. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. Espinoza, Joshua Jennifer. "A Love/Hate Relationship". Shabby Doll House. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 11 Feb 2015.
  9. "wind poems". Electric Cereal. 22 Jan 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 11 Feb 2015.
  10. "untitled poem". 17 September 2019.
  11. "Joshua Jennifer Espinoza". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 2022-02-22.