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Josephine Jacobsen

Born

in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

August 19, 1908

Died

January 09, 2003

Genre

Poetry

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Josephine Jacobsen was an American poet, short story writer, and critic.

Born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, she moved with her family to New York at a young age. When she was fourteen, she moved to Maryland where she lived for the rest of her life. Jacobsen served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress from 1971 to 1973 and as honorary consultant in American letters from 1973 to 1979. She served as member of both the literature panel for the National Endowment of the Arts and of the poetry committee of Folger Library.

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Josephine Jacobsen’s books

Average rating: 3.65 · 52 ratings · 14 reviews · 26 distinct works

	In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1995 — 5 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 Chinese Insomniacs 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	What Goes without Saying: Collected Stories of Josephine Jacobsen 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1996 — 4 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
	Contents of a Minute: Poems (Quarternote Chapbook Series) by Josephine Jacobsen, Elizabeth Spires (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 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 Testament of Samuel Beckett: A Study by Josephine Jacobsen, William R. Muller really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 10 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 shade-seller; new and selected poems 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974 — 5 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 Sisters: New and Selected Poems 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1980 — 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
	The Instant of Knowing: Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose by Josephine Jacobsen, Elizabeth Spires (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997 — 5 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
	A walk with Raschid, and other stories 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	On the Island: New and Selected Stories 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989 — 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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“I love the process of being taken from where I am to somewhere else.”
― Josephine Jacobsen

tags: imagination

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“And the illiterate body says hush,
in love, says hush; says, whatever
word can serve, it is not here.”
― Josephine Jacobsen

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