Jennifer Roche

Jennifer Roche is a poet, writer, and text artist who lives in Chicago, IL. She is the author of “20,” a book of erasure poems from Jules Verne’s "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (Alternating Current Press). Her chapbook, “The Synonym Tables,” is forthcoming from The Poetry Question in 2021.

Roche’s work has also appeared in Storm Cellar; Tule Review; Footnote: A Literary Journal of History (#2); Oyez Review; Rain, Party & Disaster Society; and Ghost Ocean. The Chicago Guild Literary Complex named her a "Writer to Watch in 2019 & Beyond,” and she was a 2016 Charter Oak Award Semifinalist for Best Historical writing.

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