Object Lesson

by Jennifer Jean

In Object Lesson, Jennifer Jean explores human-trafficking, objectification, pain, and survival with compassion, respect, and as a witness to women. This powerful and stunning collection dives deep and connects through stories where what is wounded is holy, is important, is surviving. Jean finds hope in darkness in honoring the lives of women and a life led: In the language of flora—/she is Regal. Sometimes called Spear/or Welted or Blessed—. These were poems I could not turn away from; poignant and haunting, I held their truth and their strength. This is an important book , one to be read by all—these voices need to be heard and Jean’s poems need to be in the world.

~ Kelli Russell Agodon, author of Dialogues with Rising Tides (Copper Canyon Press)

Genres: Poetry

51 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 2021

About the author

I am the author of the poetry chapbook In the War (Big Table Publishing Co., 2010) My poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including: North Dakota Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, Endicott Review, Awakenings Review, Santa Clara Review, Southern California Review, Caketrain, Relief Quarterly, The MOM Egg, The Wilderness House Review, and Megaera. I'm a regular contributer to Art Throb (http://www.nsartthrob.com), an online arts and lifestyle magazine--and have recently begun a monthly feature column for Art Throb, called "POETRY: Fascinations & Occasional Reviews." I co-direct Thursday’s Theatre of Words & Music artist’s reading and performance series in Salem, MA. As well, I teach literature and writing at Salem State College, Montserrat College of Art, The Peabody Institute Library, and as a freelance poetry workshop facilitator.