Jen Karetnick

Jen Karetnick is the author of four full-length books of poetry: Brie Season (White Violet Press, 2014); American Sentencing (Winter Goose Publishing, May 2016), long-listed for both the 2017 Julie Suk Award and the 2017 Lascaux Prize; The Treasures That Prevail (Whitepoint Press, September 2016), finalist for the 2017 Poetry Society of Virginia Book Prize; and The Burning Where Breath Used to Be (David Robert Books, 2020). She has also published five poetry chapbooks, including The Crossing Over, winner of the 2018 Split Rock Review Chapbook Competition, and Bud Break at Mango House, winner of the 2008 Portlandia Poetry Chapbook Prize, and edited two anthologies of South Florida poets and writers. She has received residencies from the Artists in Residence in the Everglades, The Betsy Hotel-South Beach, The Solarium International Hostel in Fort Collins, Colorado, and literary workshops in Patzcuaro, Mexico, as well as grants from O, Miami, IMPACT II Ideas, and Target. She is co-founder and co-director of the not-for-profit organization and reading series SWWIM (Supporting Women Writers in Miami), and co-editor of the online international literary journal, SWWIM Every Day. Jen works as the dining critic for MIAMI Magazine, a freelance lifestyle writer, and a trade book author and co/author. Her most recent books include the award-winning cookbook, Mango (University Press of Florida, 2014); The 500 Hidden Secrets of Miami (Luster, 2017); and Ice Cube Tray Recipes: 75 Easy and Creative Kitchen Hacks for Freezing, Cooking, and Baking with Ice Cube Trays (Skyhorse Publishing, June 2019).