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| birth_place = Minneapolis, [[Minnesota]] |
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'''Jenna Lê''' is an American poet and medical doctor.<ref name="WangRoots">{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Frances Kai-Hwa|title='Groundbreaking' Asian-American Poets to Read With Immigrant, Refugee Roots|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/groundbreaking-asian-american-poets-read-immigrant-refugee-roots-n764211| |
'''Jenna Lê''' is an American poet and medical doctor.<ref name="WangRoots">{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Frances Kai-Hwa|author-link=Frances Kai-Hwa Wang|title='Groundbreaking' Asian-American Poets to Read With Immigrant, Refugee Roots|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/groundbreaking-asian-american-poets-read-immigrant-refugee-roots-n764211|access-date=23 May 2018|publisher=NBC News|date=26 May 2017}}</ref> A [[Minnesota]]-born daughter of [[Vietnam War]] refugees, Lê grew up outside Minneapolis and earned her B.A. in Mathematics from [[Harvard University]] and her M.D. from [[Columbia University]].<ref name="HooverReview">{{cite news|last1=Hoover|first1=Elizabeth|title=Lovely chronicles of everyday life: POETRY Three collections by poets with Twin Cities ties depict the world as both wondrous and accessible (book review)|publisher=Minneapolis Star Tribune|date=25 December 2011|id={{ProQuest|912866915}}}}</ref> She lives and works in [[New York City]]. |
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She is the author of two full-length collections of poems, ''Six Rivers'' (NYQ Books, 2011),<ref name="HooverReview"/> which was a Small Press Distribution Poetry Bestseller, and ''A History of the Cetacean American Diaspora'' (Indolent Books, 2018; first edition: Anchor & Plume Press, 2016), which won Second Place in the 2017 Elgin Awards. Her poetry, fiction, essays, book criticism, and poetry translations have been published widely. Her book ''Six Rivers'' reflects on four actual rivers the Perfume, Mississippi, Charles and Hudson, and two conceptual ones, the Aorta and the Styx.<ref name="HooverReview"/> Other poems draw parallels between the experience of migratory animals and human migrants.<ref name="WangRoots"/> A reviewer in the Minneapolis ''[[Star Tribune]]'' wrote that, "her work reminds us why poetry can be so exciting -- not because it shows us the world as we already know it, but because it takes the world we already know and makes it strange and new."<ref name="HooverReview"/> |
She is the author of two full-length collections of poems, ''Six Rivers'' (NYQ Books, 2011),<ref name="HooverReview"/> which was a Small Press Distribution Poetry Bestseller, and ''A History of the Cetacean American Diaspora'' (Indolent Books, 2018; first edition: Anchor & Plume Press, 2016), which won Second Place in the 2017 Elgin Awards. Her poetry, fiction, essays, book criticism, and poetry translations have been published widely. Her book ''Six Rivers'' reflects on four actual rivers the Perfume, Mississippi, Charles and Hudson, and two conceptual ones, the Aorta and the Styx.<ref name="HooverReview"/> Other poems draw parallels between the experience of migratory animals and human migrants.<ref name="WangRoots"/> A reviewer in the Minneapolis ''[[Star Tribune]]'' wrote that, "her work reminds us why poetry can be so exciting -- not because it shows us the world as we already know it, but because it takes the world we already know and makes it strange and new."<ref name="HooverReview"/> |
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Le has been a ''Minnetonka Review'' Editor's Prize winner, a two-time Alpha Omega Alpha Pharos Poetry Competition winner, a William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition finalist, a Michael E. DeBakey Poetry Award finalist, a Pamet River Prize semifinalist, a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a Best of the Net nominee, and a Rhysling Award nominee. Since 2014 (after her Pharos Poetry Competition wins), Le has also served on the editorial board of ''The Pharos'', the journal of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. |
Le has been a ''Minnetonka Review'' Editor's Prize winner, a two-time [[Alpha Omega Alpha]] Pharos Poetry Competition winner, a William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition finalist, a Michael E. DeBakey Poetry Award finalist, a Pamet River Prize semifinalist, a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a Best of the Net nominee, and a Rhysling Award nominee. Since 2014 (after her Pharos Poetry Competition wins), Le has also served on the editorial board of ''The Pharos'', the journal of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. |
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* [http://anchorandplumepress.com/journal/2015/12/16/an-interview-with-jenna-le Anchor & Plume Press] |
* [http://anchorandplumepress.com/journal/2015/12/16/an-interview-with-jenna-le Anchor & Plume Press] |
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Jenna Lê | |
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| Born | Jenna Lê Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Poetry |
Jenna Lê is an American poet and medical doctor.[1] A Minnesota-born daughter of Vietnam War refugees, Lê grew up outside Minneapolis and earned her B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University and her M.D. from Columbia University.[2] She lives and works in New York City.
She is the author of two full-length collections of poems, Six Rivers (NYQ Books, 2011),[2] which was a Small Press Distribution Poetry Bestseller, and A History of the Cetacean American Diaspora (Indolent Books, 2018; first edition: Anchor & Plume Press, 2016), which won Second Place in the 2017 Elgin Awards. Her poetry, fiction, essays, book criticism, and poetry translations have been published widely. Her book Six Rivers reflects on four actual rivers the Perfume, Mississippi, Charles and Hudson, and two conceptual ones, the Aorta and the Styx.[2] Other poems draw parallels between the experience of migratory animals and human migrants.[1] A reviewer in the Minneapolis Star Tribune wrote that, "her work reminds us why poetry can be so exciting -- not because it shows us the world as we already know it, but because it takes the world we already know and makes it strange and new."[2]
Le has been a Minnetonka Review Editor's Prize winner, a two-time Alpha Omega Alpha Pharos Poetry Competition winner, a William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition finalist, a Michael E. DeBakey Poetry Award finalist, a Pamet River Prize semifinalist, a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a Best of the Net nominee, and a Rhysling Award nominee. Since 2014 (after her Pharos Poetry Competition wins), Le has also served on the editorial board of The Pharos, the journal of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wang, Frances Kai-Hwa (26 May 2017). "'Groundbreaking' Asian-American Poets to Read With Immigrant, Refugee Roots". NBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d Hoover, Elizabeth (25 December 2011). "Lovely chronicles of everyday life: POETRY Three collections by poets with Twin Cities ties depict the world as both wondrous and accessible (book review)". Minneapolis Star Tribune. ProQuest 912866915.
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- ACR Bulletin
- Anchor & Plume Press
- andreablythe.com
- Lantern Review
- The Millions (mutual interview with novelist Laura Goode; re: spelling bees)
- Newtown Literary
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association blog
- www.stephaniehan.com‘s “Woman Warrior” feature
- The Southampton Review
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