Poet & Playwright. Acid & Tender (@Mistress_Tweet), Riding with Anne Sexton (https://xitter.cf/t.co/Zz2FwXG6Tz). New chap: A Trickle of Bloom Becomes You.
Iowa City, IA
Joined December 2008
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A wonderful review of @susanlleary’s latest collection! Check it out, friends!💜📚🌸
Forever thanks to Natalie Tombasco (@gnatalielouise) for this stunning, meticulous and ever so brilliant review of MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress) featured in The Rumpus!
Check it out here, friends: therumpus.net/2026/05/18/the…
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Do you have your copy of The Constant Hum of Elsewhere yet?
Jen Rouse’s debut hums with myth, longing, and language you’ll want to taste—this is one to sit with, underline, and return to.
Get yours: smallharborpublishing.com/bo… ✨📖
So glad we got the chance to bring this piece by @ginasays2 back in SugarSugarSalt Lit. It’s just lovely.
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This lovely moment from @CharlotteHam504
“Nostalgia can waft on the wind like a dandelion puff and disappear just as quickly.”
@CharlotteHam504
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It’s ALIVE! If you grab a copy, let me know, & I’ll send my state-fair-winning jam to you as a treat!
It’s here! 🎉 The Constant Hum of Elsewhere by Jen Rouse blends rich metaphors, fairytales & unexpected voices into a mesmerizing poetry journey. Grab your copy! 🔗 smallharborpublishing.com/bo…
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COMING VERY SOON! 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce The Constant Hum of Elsewhere by Jen Rouse — a haunting, darkly humorous poetry collection flirting with the edges of madness, dreamscapes, snakes, and the fragile faith we place in those around us.
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We’re thrilled to announce that our fearless leader, Allison Blevins, will be moderating a panel at #AWP26 featuring four Harbor Editions imprint authors: Dustin Brookshire, Benjamin Grossberg, Emily Hockaday, and Jennifer Rouse. Join us at 3:20pm on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
You know her. You love her. @susanlleary 🌹🌸🌺🌷🥀
If you’ll be at AWP on Saturday, I would love to see you!
Small Harbor Publishing is excited to share our upcoming #AWP26 author signing schedule! We hope you’ll stop by our booth to meet our authors, say hello, and get a book or two signed. We can’t wait to see you at Booth 452!
I know I haven’t been here much in the last year, but I’m making a slow comeback. xo
Coming soon 📚 The Constant Hum of Elsewhere by Jen Rouse — a poetry collection that smolders with myth, longing, and fearless voice. If you’ve ever wanted to kiss a poem on the mouth, this one’s for you. Stay tuned: smallharborpublishing.com/bo…
Thanks to @SWWIMmiami for this #tbt. 🎠🎠🎠
From “Carousel #2” by Jen Rouse @jrouse
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ALT Image of lit-up carousel with lions and leopards and a quote in yellow "I want to tell you this thing about the way you dance inside me" by Jen Rouse
The art of the line that tightens the heart, that pulls the breath from one. The choices are the poem is the brother and the music. ❤️ to the amazing @susanlleary.
Have been wanting to place a poem in Pedestal Magazine since I started submitting, so it means a great deal to have “Lilacs, Music, Boy” featured in the new issue. Big thanks to John Amen and the editorial team for this joy, this kindness!
Read the issue: thepedestalmagazine.com/issu…
Thanks to Sweet: A Literary Confection associate editors Ryan Cheng & Robert Annis and Managing Editor Katie Riegel for including my work in the 2025 special issue. Shoutout to Andy Braithwaite for all the web work.
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I love a beautiful story that reads like a poem. “those symbols that line a tomb. An enclosed language, yet untranslatable, unheard. Enclosed. Yes, entombed.” @melostrom 🔥🔥🔥🧡
Excited to have a new flash in the wonderful Lost Balloon today.❤️ lost-balloon.com/2025/04/30/…
Being an Elizabeth Kostova fellow in Bulgaria changed my life in so many amazing ways. Thanks to @ninthletter for featuring the work from all the dear friends I made during that time.
Check out the new feature live on ninthletter.com feature poems from the eight poetry fellows of Elizabeth Kostova Foundation's 2024 Koprivshtitsa Poetry Conference in Bulgaria. Thank you to the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation and the poets!
Gorgeous lines to linger over.
I have a new poem in The Women’s Issue of The Arkansas International (@thearkint) that I'm really proud of & happy to share: "Strawberry Season" in praise of my mother. This poem is also forthcoming in MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress 2026)! I hope you give it a read! 🖤♥️⬇️
I’ve waited a long time for this one. My first full-length collection. So grateful to be publishing with the fantastic team @harbor_review! 🧡🧡🧡
Our first title for the 2026 year has been named! 🥳 We can’t wait to bring you Jen Rouse’s “Constant Hum of Elsewhere” early 2026!
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