Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

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Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
Born (1987-12-17) December 17, 1987 (age 38)
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. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. 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.