Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Explained

Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
Birth Date:December 17, 1987
Nationality:American
Occupation:Poet
Notable Works:i'm alive / it hurts / i love itTHERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS
Partner:Eileen Elizabeth (2021-Present)

Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (born December 17, 1987)[1] is an American poet from Riverside, California.[2] She is a Visiting Professor of English at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.[3]

Espinoza's works have been published in Poetry Magazine,[4] PEN America,[5] Lambda Literary,[6] The Offing,[7] Shabby Doll House,[8] Electric Cereal,[9] Voicemail Poems,[10] and The Rumpus.[11]

Espinoza's work covers topics like mental illness, coming out as a transgender woman, as well as universal themes like love, grief, anger, and beauty. Her poems often take a tender yet searing tone, yoking together personal experiences of loss with a sense of fullness underscored by abstract metaphors drawing drom both urban and rural environments.

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  1. Book: Roggenbuck . Steve . Scott . E. E. . Younghans . Rachel . Apr 2014 . The YOLO Pages . Boost House . 978-0996069106 . 51.
  2. Book: I'm Alive/It Hurts/i Love it . Joshua Jennifer Espinoza . Boost House . 2014 . 9780996069113 . May 3, 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021-08-09. Jennifer Espinoza. 2022-02-22. Occidental College. en.
  4. Web site: Birthday Suits by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza. Magazine. Poetry. 2019-06-21. Poetry Foundation. en. 2019-06-21.
  5. Web site: Five Poems by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza . PEN America . 19 July 2017 . 12 May 2016.
  6. Web site: A Poem by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza . Lambda Literary . 19 July 2017 . 21 March 2017.
  7. Web site: It Is Important To Be Something . The Offing . 19 July 2017 . 16 April 2015.
  8. Web site: A Love/Hate Relationship . Shabby Doll House . Espinoza . Joshua Jennifer . 11 Feb 2015 . 14 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150214111352/http://shabbydollhouse.com/A-Love-Hate-Relationship . dead .
  9. Web site: wind poems . Electric Cereal . 11 Feb 2015 . 22 Jan 2015 . 6 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206234234/http://www.electriccereal.com/wind-poems/ . dead .
  10. Web site: untitled poem. 17 September 2019 .
  11. Web site: Joshua Jennifer Espinoza. 2022-02-22. The Rumpus.net. en.