Awayward

Jennifer Kronovet, Jean Valentine

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English

BOA Editions, Limited
01 April 2009

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Social & cultural anthropology; Places & peoples: pictorial works

Series: A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America

In her foreword to Awayward, National Book Awardwinning poet Jean Valentine writes, ""Jennifer Kronovet's poems in Awayward are so surprising and compelling and beautiful, so intelligent and felt. Kronovet uses simple words and works at a mysterious depth, one we can enter with gladness."" Written while Kronovet was living in Beijing, Awayward illuminates the sense of disconnect that travelers experience when their major touchstones of language and geography are altered. These poems wander the world, drifting in and out of conversations that are alternately comical and grave. Jennifer Kronovet is founding co-editor of CIRCUMFERENCE, a journal of poetry in translation.

By: Jennifer Kronovet
Foreword by: Jean Valentine
Imprint: BOA Editions, Limited
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 31
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 127g
ISBN: 9781934414187
ISBN 10: 1934414182
Series: A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 01 April 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer Kronovet's debut poetry collection, Awayward, was selected by Jean Valentine as winner of the seventh annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. She is the co-founder and co-editor of CIRCUMFERENCE, the journal of poetry in translation. Kronovet received an MFA in Poetry from Washington University and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University Teachers College. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Colorado Review, Pleiades, Ploughshares, A Public Space, and other journals. She has lived in Beijing, Chicago, and St. Louis, and currently lives in New York City, where she was born and raised.