Sign in

Jen Sperry Steinorth

@jenssread.bsky.social
107 followers 172 following 11 posts

she/they. poet/educator/artist/scholar/licensed builder author: Boys Behind Glass; Her Read, a graphic poem; A Wake with Nine Shades. teaches@ U Michigan, Ann Arbor designs homes as the wind blows.

PostsRepliesMedia
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tomorrow I'll be reading with Richard Siken & Justin Wymer in the online reading series Words like Blades-- Admission is free, but registration is required, here. Would love to see you. wlb.ticketbud.com/words-like-b...
000
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you'd told me one day Charlotte Pence would review a book I wrote & compare it to Beowulf & it would appear in THE RUMPUS, I'd say you're dreaming. I'd say time travel isn't real. But she did. You can read it here. & then get some Boys Behind Glass of your own. therumpus.net/2026/05/05/r...
therumpus.net
Review: Jennifer Sperry Steinorth's "Boys Behind Glass" - The Rumpus
This digressive style reminded me of a medievalist’s lecture I recently caught by accident—slipping into a nearly empty lecture hall, an unplanned digression of my own time. He was talking about the d...
120
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
If you're in Baltimore Weds, Alchemical: Spells for Survivors" is going to be electric. Bird in Hand 6-8, Event is free & 15% of book & drink sales go to House of Ruth.
A purple flyer with faint, witchy hexagons that reads: Alchemical, Spells for Survivors, a reading to benefit House of Ruth, featuring Jan Beatty, Liz Hazen, Jenny Molberg, Tonee Mae Moll, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, Somayeh Shams, Scott Stubbs, Jen Sperry Steinorth. March 4th 6-9pm Bird in Hand, 11 East 33rd St. Baltimore

"Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome." Adrienne Rich "And there are so many silences to be broken." Audrey lord
060
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
insta happy!
020
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
the whole book- gorgeous
130
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
good gracious--high praise from a poet/thinker/human i so admire. (note to self: spend more time on bluesky) but Steph's right this cluster of CDWright essays is terrific--I'm honored to be a part of it.
020
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
watching students wander & wonder with art helps.
040
Jen Sperry Steinorth @jenssread.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
before they all fell down.
060