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Jessica Piazza

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Jessica Piazza is the author of three poetry collections: "Interrobang" (Red Hen Press), "This is not a sky" (Black Lawrence Press) and, with Heather Aimee O'Neill, "Obliterations" (Red Hen Press) and a children’s book, “Olivia Otter Builds Her Raft” (FemInEm 2018). Originally from Brooklyn, NY, she holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and English Literature from the University of Southern California, an M.A. in English Literature /Creative Writing from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University. She is co-founder of Gold Line Press and Bat City Review, and curated the Poetry Has Value blog, which explored the intersections of poetry, money and worth. You can learn more and read her work at www.jessicapia ...more

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The Poetry Has Value Project

The Poetry Has Value Project
Recently, I was inspired by the poet Dena Rash Guzman's personal challenge to send her poetry to paying markets in 2015. I was so inspired, in fact, that I decided to spend the next whole year submitting poetry ONLY to paying journals and markets, and recording what happens in this blog. I also decided to use this space to simultaneously explore deeper questions of poet Read more of this blog post »

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	Interrobang 4.42 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obliterations by Jessica Piazza (Goodreads Author), Heather Aimee O'Neill (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is not a sky 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Loudest Voice (Volume 1) by Amaranth Borsuk (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gabriela Jáuregui, Jeff Solomon 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olivia Otter Builds Her Raft by Jessica Piazza (Goodreads Author), Dara Kass, feminem (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bat City Review No. 1 Spring/summer 2005 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is not a sky by Piazza, Jessica (2014) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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