brief bio

Jennifer Harris’ first novel, PINK, was published in January 2007 by Haworth Press. Her poetry has been published in several national magazines including: New York Quarterly, Fish Stories, Art Times, Swerve and the anthology PowerLines (Tia Chucha Press). Her work is also forthcoming in HLLQ.

She is an active literary organizer in Chicago, as the director of a three-year poetry series at The Art Institute of Chicago and as the editor and founder of JackLeg Press. She earned her MFA in Writing from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and her BA from the University of Arizona.

In 2005 she served as the volunteer US director of the Sacred Arts Tour by Drepung Gomang Monastery; she has helped raise funds for the monastery for the past eight years. In addition to her volunteer work, Jennifer is a fundraising professional.