Author: jennifermacbainstephens
Thank you to Scott Sweeney at Grey Book Press for publishing my chapbook “The Female Citizens of Sunshine Nation Face off With Light Sucking Demons.” Kick ass cover art by Clementine’s Comics. Link to purchase from Grey Book Press below. If you buy a signed copy from me (e-mail me.) all proceeds will go to the Humanize My Hoodie Project, a group that helps poor youth get jobs, aid the formerly incarcerated, and foster workshops on how to be a good ally and start conversations about racial bias. XO
Super excited to have my chapbook Teeth Have a Hardness Scale of 5 published by Sputnik and Fizzle press in the coming summer months! Hang in there everybody. XO.
Gratitude to Meg Johnson for including my poem “Kerrigan” in Dressing Room Poetry Journal’s “Flashback Issue: poems to read through the pandemic.” I’m honored to have my work appear with other writers I admire: Kristina Marie Darling and Jenny Sadre-Orafai. Take a look!
I’m so honored to have a poem published in Issue #4 of Tiger Moth Review this month.
I have some poems up in the latest issue of Biscuit Root Drive. Thanks to editor David Rawson for compiling some great work and art. Also check out poems by Sarah Lilius and Jesse Janeshek.
I’ll be reading poetry this Friday eve Jan 24th, 8 pm, at the Yacht Club as part of the first “I Hear Iowa City” shows of 2020! Musical acts The only Ion, Christine Burke Ensemble, and Deb Tiemens too! Come on out and get warmed up.
My chapbook The Female Citizens of Sunshine Nation Face off with Light Sucking Demons is going to be published this spring by Grey Book Press!
I’m so thrilled that I’ll be reading poetry along with the Americana/ folk based band The Feralings at the Opus Concert Cafe in Cedar Rapids on dec 10th, from 7-9 pm. We will talk about writing and process and what inspires making stuff. Their songs will squeeze you.
Devils night, Wed. Oct 30th poetry reading at the Maker’s Loft in Iowa city. 7 pm. 225 S. Dubuque. With Chris Eck, Ashley Heffernen, Raia Lichen, Erik Whittaker. Come out and listen!
