T. J. Jarrett

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T. J. Jarrett
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T. J. Jarrett is an American writer and software developer in Nashville, Tennessee. [1]

Contents

Works

Books

Poems

The Children. The Academy of American Poets, 2015. Published in Poem-a-Day.

Anarcha: J Marion Sims Opens My Body for the Thirty-Fourth Time, Summer 2014

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Reception of works

Jarret's poetry has been described as "startling", [3] "deft but forceful", [4] and "ambitious". [5]

She has won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award, [6] and the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry. [7]

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References

  1. "Computer Engineering: A Fine Day Job for a Poet". The Atlantic. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/children
  3. Heather Treseler (March 20, 2015). "Microreview: TJ Jarrett, Zion". The Boston Review. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  4. Browning, Maria (November 7, 2014). "Book Review: In "Zion," poet TJ Jarrett explores the fierce possibilities of love and forgiveness". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  5. Joelle Biele (2014). ""Don't You Blow Your Trumpet until You Hear from Me": T. J. Jarrett's Ain't No Grave". The Kenyon Review (Summer). Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  6. "Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award Winners". www.craborchardreview.siu.edu. Southern Illinois University. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  7. "VQR congratulates 2014 Prize Winners". www.vqronline.org. The Virginia Quarterly Review. Retrieved May 13, 2016.