Julie Enszer MFA (2008), University of Maryland; BA (1990), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Julie R. Enszer completed her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing - Poetry at the University of Maryland and was graduated in May 2008. Her poetry has previously been published in Iris: A Journal About Women, Room of One’s Own, Long Shot, the Web Del Sol Review, and the Jewish Women’s Literary Annual. Her poems are forthcoming in Women's Review of Books and Feminist Studies. She is a regular book reviewer for the Lambda Book Report and Calyx. Most recently, she has been notified that she is a finalist for the Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. You can read more of her work at www.JulieREnszer.com.
Her scholarly interests are in the creation of lesbian identity through poetry and the transmission and circulation of lesbian poetry and identity through communities of readers. She has presented papers on the work of Marilyn Hacker and May Sarton and presented her work on Elizabeth Bishop at the Lifting Belly High conference at Duquesne University in September 2008.
Research Interests:
The creation of lesbian identity through poetry and the transmission and circulation of lesbian poetry and identity through communities of readers