Jen Currin


Jen Currin is an American/Canadian poet. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia and teaches creative writing at Kwantlen University and Simon Fraser University. Her 2010 collection The Inquistion Yours won the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry in 2011, and was a shortlisted nominee for that year's Lambda Literary Award, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and ReLit Award.
Currin published two prior collections, The Sleep of Four Cities and Hagiography.
Her debut short story collection, Hider/Seeker, was published in 2018.

Personal life

She earned her bachelor degree at Bard College and her Masters at Arizona State University and Simon Fraser University.

Works