JENNIFER GIVHAN is a Mexican American poet who grew up in the Imperial Valley in Southern California. She earned her MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College in North Carolina and an MA in English Literature at California State University, Fullerton. Her writing has appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies, including Best New Poets 2013, AGNI, Prairie Schooner, Indiana Review, Rattle, and The Collagist. She was also the recipient of a 2015 NEA individual artist’s grant.
Genres: Mystery, Literary Fiction
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Landscape with Headless Mama (poems) (2016)
Protection Spell (poems) (2017)
The Daughter's Curse (poems) (2018)
Girl with Death Mask (poems) (2018)
Rosa's Einstein (poems) (2019)
Belly to the Brutal (poems) (2022)
Protection Spell (poems) (2017)
The Daughter's Curse (poems) (2018)
Girl with Death Mask (poems) (2018)
Rosa's Einstein (poems) (2019)
Belly to the Brutal (poems) (2022)
Jennifer Givhan recommends
Valley of Shadows (2022)
Rudy Ruiz
"Rudy Ruiz's Valley of Shadows haunts with its trenchant historical accuracy woven dazzlingly with magical real elements that make this borderland Western horror leap off the page. Indeed, this powerful story wriggled into my heart and gut, like a snake seeking shelter in the scorched desert earth. Unsettling and uplifting, both. Filled with ghosts both literal and metaphorical in a desolate place overflowing with unforgettable characters whose stories are woven by a masterful storyteller, Ruiz's Valley of Shadows is searing, incisive, and, at times, utterly terrifying."
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