Jennifer Grotz

Jennifer Grotz is the author of four poetry collections: the award-winning Cusp; The Needle, which was named one of the “Five Best Books of Poetry of the Year” by NPR; Window Left Open, which the San Francisco Chronicle hailed as “Extraordinary… A contemplative spirit ― calm but alert ― permeates the poems.” Her new collection, Still Falling, will be published in 2025. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. Jennifer Grotz is Associate Professor of English at the University of Rochester and Director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.