The VPR Poem of the Week is Jen Karetnick’s “Millipedes in the Wet Season,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2007 issue (Volume VIII, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.Jen Karetnick has had poems published in various literary journals, including Barrow Street, Gulf Stream Magazine, Georgetown Review, Greensboro Review, Nebraska Review, North American Review, Sou'wester, and Spoon River Poetry Review, among others. She is a restaurant critic for SO.Florida, Living Real Miami, Las Olas Magazine, and Gayot. She also is the co-author of Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow (Regan Books / HarperCollins, 2005). Her chapbook of poetry is Necessary Salt (Pudding House Publications, 2007).
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2 comments:
It is a testament to the abilities of Karetnick's poetry that I like this poem so much; it's at times a little difficult for me to even try to envision a millipede without shuddering. haha
We just accepted Jen's new chapbook for publication!
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