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.

Bibliography

• i'm alive / it hurts / i love it. Boost House. 2014
• THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS. Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016.
• Outside Of The Body There Is Something Like Hope. Big Lucks Books. 2018.
• I'm Alive. It Hurts. I Love It. (Second Edition) Big Lucks Books. 2019.
• I Don't Want To Be Understood. 2024. Alice James Books.

External links

• THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS, book review at goodreads.com
• Interview, at upthestaircase.org
• The shared experiences of poetry with Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, at thecreativeindependent.com

Notes and References

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.