T. J. Jarrett
GenrePoetry
Website
www.tjjarrett.com

T. J. Jarrett is an American writer and software developer in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Works

Books

  • Ain't No Grave. New Issues Poetry & Prose. 2013. ISBN 978-1936970186. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  • Zion. Southern Illinois University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0809333561. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

Poems

The Children. The Academy of American Poets, 2015. Published in Poem-a-Day.

Anarcha: J Marion Sims Opens My Body for the Thirty-Fourth Time, Summer 2014

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Reception of works

Jarrett's poetry has been described as "startling",[3] "deft but forceful",[4] and "ambitious".[5]

She has won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award,[6] and the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Computer Engineering: A Fine Day Job for a Poet". The Atlantic. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Children by TJ Jarrett - Poems | Academy of American Poets".
  3. ↑ Heather Treseler (March 20, 2015). "Microreview: TJ Jarrett, Zion". The Boston Review. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Browning, Maria (November 7, 2014). "Book Review: In "Zion," poet TJ Jarrett explores the fierce possibilities of love and forgiveness". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ Joelle Biele (2014). ""Don't You Blow Your Trumpet until You Hear from Me": T. J. Jarrett's Ain't No Grave". The Kenyon Review (Summer). Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award Winners". www.craborchardreview.siu.edu. Southern Illinois University. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ "VQR congratulates 2014 Prize Winners". www.vqronline.org. The Virginia Quarterly Review. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
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