Professor of English

Jenny Sadre-Orafai is a poet and writer and the author of , , and  and co-author of Book of Levitations. Her poetry has appeared in Puerto del Sol, Cream City Review, Ninth Letter, and The Cortland Review. Her creative non-fiction and short fiction have appeared in The Rumpus, Fourteen Hills, and The Los Angeles Review. She co-founded and co-edits .

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Jenny Sadre-Orafai, MFA
    • Creative Writing
    • PRWR 6470 Poetry Writing I
    • PRWR 7470 Poetry Writing II

  • Poetry Collections

    • , The University of Akron Press, 2023.
    • Book of Levitations with Anne Champion, Trembling Pillow Press, 2020.
    • , Platypus Press, 2017.
    • , Press 53, 2014.

    Book Chapters

    • "." A Mollusk Without a Shell: Essays on Self-Care for Writers, edited by Mary Biddinger and Julie Brooks-Barbour, The University of Akron Press, 2024, pp. 12-19.
    • "." In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy, edited by Lisa Fay Coutley, Black Lawrence Press, 2024, pp. 308-309.
    • "." Scholarly Publication in a Changing Academic Landscape: Models for Success,  edited by Lynee Lewis Gaillet and Letizia Guglielmo, Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
    • "." Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching, edited by Carol Smallwood & Colleen S. Harris, McFarland, 2012.
    • "." Teachers as Avatars: English Studies in the Digital Age (New Dimensions in Computers and Composition), edited by Linda Stewart and Laura Davis, Hampton Press, 2011.
    • "." Waking Up American: Coming of Age Biculturally, edited by Angela Jane Fountas, Seal Press, 2005.