Jennifer Franklin concentrated in English and Creative Writing at Brown University (AB cum laude, 1994). She attended Columbia University School of the Arts as a Harvey Baker Fellow (MFA, 1996). Poems from LOOMING debuted in the Paris Review's "Ten New Poets" issue in 1996. Her poetry has appeared widely in literary magazines and journals such as Antioch Review, Gettysburg Review, Pequod, Southwest Review, Western Humanities Review, New England Review, The Nation, Salmagundi, Boston Review, Poetry Daily, and Guernica. Her work has been translated into Romanian and Portuguese. A selection of her poetry is featured in Andrew Solomon's award-winning book, Far From the Tree. Her chapbook, Persephone's Ransom (Finishing Line Press), was published in September 2011. Franklin is co-editor of Slapering Hol Press, the small press imprint of The Hudson Valley Writers' Center. She teaches poetry workshops at The Hudson Valley Writers' Center and lives in New York City.