Jennifer Perrine

Jennifer (JP) Perrine is a Portland, Oregon poet and writer who uses they/them pronouns, based on the pages' gendered-neutral self-description. They have published five poetry books, including No Confession, No Mass and Beautiful Outlaw, the latter forthcoming in 2025 per De-Canon and won by the 2023 QTBIPOC Prize from Kelsey Street Press. Their poems and essays have appeared in journals including The Maine Review, Nimrod, New Letters, Poetry Northwest, and Orion Magazine. Their Maine Review contribution is the nonfiction piece "You-Are-Not-Mad Lib." Outside writing, they teach writing and work as an equity and racial justice program manager for a regional parks and nature department, and co-host the Incite: Queer Writers Read series.