 BIO: Jill Magi works in text and image and is the author of the books SLOT (Ugly Duckling Presse), Cadastral Map (Shearsman), Threads (Futurepoem), Torchwood (Shearsman), and the chapbooks Die for love, Furlough (In Edit Mode Press), Confidence & Autonomy (Ink Press), Poetry Barn Barn! (That let it roll where you want it.) (2nd Avenue Press), Cadastral Map (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs), and numerous small, handmade books. Her work has been translated into French and Danish. Jill's essays and other writings have been anthologized in Harp & Altar (Ellipses Press), Between the Images (Xposeptember), Eco-language Reader (Portable Press/Nightboat Books), Letters to Poets: Conversations on Poetics, Politics, and Community (Saturnalia Books), and Fiction from the Brooklyn Rail (Hanging Loose Press). Journal publications include Poets & Writers Magazine, Tarpaulin Sky, Jacket, Aufgabe, The Poetry Project Newsletter, The New Review of Literature, Global City Review, and others. Her visual work has been featured in the Conflux Festival 2010, and has been exhibited with the Textile Arts Center Gallery, AC Institute Gallery, Brooklyn Arts Council Gallery, apexart, the International Meeting of Visual Poetry, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, and the Estonian Cultural Society of New York. On-line exhibits of her work include Elective Affinities, Action Yes!, and Critiphoria. Jill was an artist-in-residence at the Textile Arts Center in 2011. Jill has received numerous fellowships and grants, including recognition from The Academy of American Poets, The Puffin Foundation, City University of New York Professional Staff Congress, and was one of two writers in residence with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council from 2006-2007. She teaches at Goddard College and runs Sona Books, a chapbook press. For her efforts in publishing, Jill was named by Poets & Writers magazine as one of the 50 most inspiring writers in 2010. |
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