Jen Hofer is also a graduate from the Iowa Writers'
Workshop of a year or so back.
She is a poet.
She's also a translator.
She's lived in Mexico, and she translates
contemporary Mexican women, primarily poetry, from Spanish
into English.
And do you translate from English into Spanish
as well, Jen?
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She has at least one manuscript-- one
that I know of-- entitled Infinitive, which is fantastic.
Jen really offers herself to poetry in a way that a lot
of people don't.
She really gives herself to poetry, rather
than taking from poetry what it can give her.
I really admire that about her.
She has poems in several different journals,
including Chain, Rhizome, XCP: Cross Cultural
Poetics, RIFTOF.01, which is an online journal that I found.
She has a great poem there, entitled "Infinitive,"
as well with Juliana Spahr, and Lori Lubeski, Combo,
and an A+ grand chapbook, which is there on the end
of the table for your perusal, entitled As far as.
And I welcome Jen Hofer.
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