Jennifer Jean

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Jennifer Jean is the author of the poetry collection Object Lesson (Lily Books, 2021) and the nonfiction work Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry (Lily Books, 2021). She is the co-translator, with Hanaa Ahmad, of Where Do You Live? (Arrowsmith Press, 2025). 

Jean is the recipient of a Peter Taylor Fellowship from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, a Disquiet FLAD Fellowship from Dzanc Books, and an Ambassador for Peace Award from the Women’s Federation for World Peace. She is the program manager of 24PearlStreet, the Fine Arts Work Center’s online writing program.