by Faune Vita
If poets were forced to teach physics,
Jennifer Clark’s fourth full-length poetry collection, Intercede: Saints for Concerning Occasions, was recently released by Unsolicited Press. An award-winning writer, Clark is also the author of a children’s book and a memoir, Kissing the World Goodbye, which blends family stories with recipes and was named a top-selling book of 2022 by Unsolicited Press. You can find her at jenniferclarkkzoo.com, @jenniferclarkbooks, and at writingwithoutanet.substack.com where she goes out on a wire to write about writing, poetry, books, and more, all without a net.
Faune Vita (she/her) is a queer writer and artist from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. She paints with her fingers, which is to say her body. Her work is an expression of feeling and sensation, exploring themes of illness, embodiment, and place and identity. In her other life, she teaches writing at a small college in Western Massachusetts.