Jen Sperry Steinorth

@jenssread.bsky.social

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.

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...

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...

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