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About

JENNIFER ROCHE is a collage artist, poet, and writer who lives and works in Chicago. Her work uses experimental techniques and constraints to explore ideas of humanity, power, nature, humor, and language.

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Chapbooks & Collections

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The Synonym Tables. The Poetry Question. 2021. Contains several Pushcart Prize nominated works for creative nonfiction.

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20,, erasure poems from Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Alternating Current Press. 2020.

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Footnote, A Literary Journal of History, Volume 2. Three poems from 20,, 2019. Contributor.

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Poetry x Collage, Volume 1. Kolaj Institute. 2021. Contributor.

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Zines

 

A Kaleidoscope of Forms, edited by Michał Kamil Piotrowski. The Poetry School. 2024. Contributor.

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Guardians of the Jungle Zine, edited by Maja Sereda. 2023. Contributor.

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Published Poems
 

“the sieve,” in SWWIM, 2022

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Fevers of the Mind, reprints of two poems. 2021

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“Shopping for my Mother,” What Rough Beast | COVID EDITION. Indolent Books. 2020

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“you and me and all the gods,” Tule Review, 2020

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“The Synonym Tables,” Storm Cellar, Volume 8, No. 3. 2020. Pushcart Prize nominated.

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“What Sexuality Can Be (for David Bowie),” Oyez Review, 2018

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“The City of X,” The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society,  September 2015

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“February Poem #2: The Calving,” Ghost Ocean, Volume 14 

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Saturday on Lincoln Ave., Anthology of Chicago, 2015

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“The Gates of Ismat Towers,” Found Poetry Frontiers. 2015

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Art Exhibitions

 

Woman Made Gallery, "Roe 2.0" juried exhibit, 2023

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Collage in Motion, KolajFest, 2023

 

Non-fiction Writing (Selected)

 

“True art: CUTOUT FESTIVAL breaks attendance records in Ukraine,” interview with the curators of CUTOUT FESTIVAL, forthcoming in Kolaj Magazine.

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Migration and Me: Connecting People through Stories of Nature and Place, Faith in Place. 2018

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“Socially Engaged Art, Critics and Discontents: An Interview with Claire Bishop,” published in Artistic Bedfellows: Histories, Theories, and Conversations in Collaborative Art Practices edited by Holly Crawford and published by University Press of America, 2008

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Awards

 

Pushcart Prize Nominated by Storm Cellar for “The Synonym Tables,” creative nonfiction. 2020

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Named “Writer to Watch in 2019 & Beyond” by the Chicago Guild Literary Complex. 2019

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Charter Oak Award Semifinalist for Best Historical Writing for erasure poems of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. 2016

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Workshops & Facilitation

 

Sunday Collage Collective, facilitator for monthly collage meetup, 2022 - present

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“Poetry x Collage Workshop,” online workshop, Kolaj Institute, 2024

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“Ode to Fury,” found poetry workshop, Chicago Public Schools (Walter Payton College Prep), 2017-2018

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“Ode to Fury,” found poetry workshop, Chicago Public Library, 2015

 

Education

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS

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University of Chicago, MLA​
 

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