Jess Parker

Jess L Parker is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She lives in Madison, WI with her husband and son. Her work has appeared in Bramble, Poetry Hall, Millwork, Wallop Zine, and elsewhere. Jess holds a B.A. of English and Spanish from Northern Michigan University, an M.A. of Spanish Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MBA from Concordia University. Her contest-winning poetry collection, STAR THINGS, “transmutes the ordinary into the sublime” (Josh Norman), “finds [the] complexities of time in a stack of pancakes” (Stephen Burn), and answers the age-old question, ‘Could I be someone’s moon?’ (Cynthia Marie Hoffman). A “powerful and original debut,” STAR THINGS is, "a testament to the supremacy of motif over theme and proof that the lyric voice is still alive in the genre." (Austin Hummel).