Jennifer Saunders

@magpiedays

Poet, author of Tumor Moon 🌖 Co-editor of Stained: an anthology of writing about menstruation🩸(Querencia Press). Immigrant. Hockey fan. She / her. 🇺🇸/🇨🇭in 🇨🇭

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Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jul 1

Glorious storm and cloud cover to break the heat. I live in a farming community, and weather hits different when you see the fields every day.

This photo is looking out over a balcony railing towards a grey cloudy skyward some trees in the foreground

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jun 20

Been meaning to read these forever and found this at the used English book sale at the English church. 4 Francs (about 5US) a book and this is the first four books published in a single volume. Absolute score!

This is a photo of the cover of a paperback copy of Earthsea: The First Four Books by Ursula K. Le Guin

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jun 19

I love forgetting that I’ve pre-ordered something. A little gift from past-me.

This picture shows the cover of the poetry collection The Committee of Men by James Ciano

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jun 17

The heatwave is coming, so make a plan for hydrating yourself and your pollinators 🥵💧🐝 #Hitzewelle

This is a screenshot of the weather forecast showing 30, 33, 32, 33, 35, 35 degrees Celsius for the next 6 days

This is a photo of blooming lavender bushes. Set in front of them is a shallow terra cotta dish with pebbles and filled with water

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· May 18

I should be changing the sheets, but somebody has other ideas...

A picture of a gray cat sleeping very comfortably on a child's bed.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· May 3

I just started reading Lázár (auf Deutsch) and was going to suggest it for the book club because the English translation is out now, I'm so excited to see somebody beat me to the idea!

This picture shows the cover of the novel Lázár by Nelio Biedermann

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Apr 16

Did you … did you steal my cats??

This picture shows a calico kitten and an Orange Boy kitten curled up together sleep on a cat tower. The picture is taken from above

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Apr 12

Ready, set, go!

This is a screenshot of the audio book version of On the Calculation of Volume, vol. iv, by Solvej Balle. Beneath the picture of the cover (which is dusty pink with two coffee cups on it) is a large yellow button that says "Listen Now"

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Mar 4

Hahaha actual text I sent right after registering

Screen shots of a text exchange reading “Is it just me or is this year’s tote small” and the reply reads(in all caps) “I WAS THINKING THE SAME”

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Feb 22

I’ve been hearing a lot about this one, looking forward to getting started

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jan 25

Reading this one for my in-person book club.

This photo shows the cover of the novel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jan 4

Still working my way through this one

This picture shows the cover of Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Lásló Krasznahorkai. The book is on a wooden desk in a patch of sunlight and a pair of reading glasses sits next to it.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jan 3

This picture shows a scene from the TV show 30 Rock. In the top panel a woman is saying "What a year, huh?" and in the lower panel a man responds "Lemon, it's January 3rd"

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Dec 14

This is today! Register here: www.facebook.com/events/20286...

This picture is of a flyer advertising a live online poetry reading hosted by Cultivating Voices and featuring Josephine LoRe, Catherine Strisik, Ellen Stone, and Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Dec 12

I'm very excited to read poems from Tumor Moon in this moon-themed New Books Showcase from Cultivating Voices. Also excited that it's timezone friendly for those of us in CET! Registration is free but required, register at the link us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #poetry #desmoids #DesmoidTumor

This picture is a flyer advertising the Cultivating Voices Live Poetry New Books Showcase featuring Josephine LoRe, Catherine Striskik, Ellen Stone, and Jennifer Saunders with host Sandy Yannone.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Dec 11

Tonight! (Or super early tomorrow morning for those of us in Central European Time). There's still time to register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The attached picture shows a flyer reading “Online reading Thursday December 11th 4:30 pm Pacific / 7:30 pm Eastern / 01:30 am Friday the 12th Central European Time. A Hundred Pitchers of Honey Reading Series presents Dustin Brookshire, Erin Dorney, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Rebecca Lehmann, Jennifer Saunders, and Dona Spruijt-Metz. Join us. The Zoom is free but registration is required”

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Dec 8

I'm really honored to be included in this great lineup. Registration is free so join us! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This image is of a flyer advertising an online poetry reading. The image is of a full moon rising behind some trees in a dark night sky. Superimposed over the image in white font is the following text: "WHERE I'LL BE. Online reading Thursday, December 11th 4:30 pm Pacific 7:30 pm Eastern 01:30 am Central European Time. A Hundred Pitchers of Honey Reading Series presents Dustin Brookshire, Erin Dorney, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Rebecca Lehmann, Jennifer Saunders, and Donna Spruijt-Metz. Join us! The Zoom is free, but registration is required."

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Oct 31

Just one picture of said child from those days (although here I'm giving my spouse a BIIIIIG side-eye for not holding on tighter)

This picture shows a toddler in a snow suit and wearing a ski helmet slipping down a sledding run backwards, on his back. A rather helpless looking adult is standing at the top of the run.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Sep 6

This photo shows an orange kitten with a partially white face sleeping on top of a row of books on a bookshelf

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Aug 28

This is an image of an ouroboros, a snake swallowing its own tail to create a circle

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Aug 18

I've been traveling since late July so I'm doing a very truncated #SealeyChallenge this year starting today w/ Scorched Earth by Tiana Clark. I've enjoyed Clark's work since her chap Equilibrium, so I'm glad this newest collection inspired me to pull her earlier work off my shelf for some re-reading

This picture shows the cover of the poetry collection Scorched Earth by Tiana Clark.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jul 5

Hoping to finish this by Tuesday

This picture shows the cover of the book The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg. It is rest on a striped beach blanket and in the background a river is flowing past.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jun 21

It also inspired this found poem from my chap Self Portrait with Housewife

This picture is of a poem titled The Housewife Said, that reads “Drowning is almost always / deceptively quiet. // When I said, / drowning is almost always / deceptively quiet // (breathing must be fulfilled/ before speech occurs) // I meant, / I am waving for help, / moving towards a rescuer”

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jun 18

I'll be reading from Tumor Moon in Zürich with Derek JG Williams reading from and launching his new book Reading Water. Sunday 22 June at 7 pm at Pile of Books, Zentralstrasse 16 in Zürich.

This picture is of a black and white flyer advertising the book release reader of derek jg williams with Jennifer Saunders on 22 June at 7 pm at the bookstore Pile of Books, Zentralstrasse 16, Zürich. At the bottom half of the flyer is a black and white photo of a female mannequin hand emerging from a conch shell

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Jun 5

I'll be reading from my chapbook Tumor Moon on Saturday, June 7th at 8pm CET / 11 am Pacific. Also reading will be Chris Dahl, author of the poetry collection Not Now But Soon. The Zoom is free but registration is required - link to registration in the comments. I hope to see you there!

The text of this screenshot reads: "Praise For Tumor Moon. What can a mother do when her child is diagnosed with a rare tumor, or rather what can poetry do? Saunders' Tumor Moon shows us just that, through innovative forms and images that haunt and heal. She takes us deep into body and psyche, at once clinical and tender, 'I wanted that - / for someone to take a knife / to my son. Out with that dark moon / orbiting the future.' Her lyrical verse makes transparent the strugge of bearing diagnosis and treatment, the struggle of getting a story that refuses comprehension into language." - Julia Kolchinsky, author of The Many Names for Mother

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· May 19

I'll be reading at an online launch event for Tumor Moon together with Chris Dahl on Saturday June 7th 11 a.m. Pacific Time / 2 p.m. Eastern Time / 8 p.m. Central European Time. It's free but registration required - see link for registration. Hope to see you there!! concretewolf.com/events/Readi...

This photo is a flyer advertising an online book launch event. It reads "Online reading Saturday June 7, 11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern / 8 pm Central European Time. Poetry Book Release reading together with Chris Dahl, author of Not Now But Soon. Join us! The Zoom is free, but registration is required"

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Apr 27

Really enjoying this Icelandic classic, translated by J. A. Thompson.

This picture shows the cover of the novel Independent People by Halldór Laxness.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Apr 14

Hi Chicago, even if I’m just dashing through O‘Hare between gates I do so love seeing you

This is a picture taken from an airplane window of the Chicago skyline with lake Michigan very clear and blue in the foreground

This is a picture taken from an airplane window of the Chicago skyline with lake Michigan very clear and blue in the foreground. In this picture the wing of the plane is visible

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Apr 12

This pork belly sandwich from Cochon Butcher is literally one of the best things I’ve ever eaten in my life 🤤 So simple, so divine.

This picture shows a pork belly sandwich on toasted white bread with a side of bread and butter pickles.

Jennifer Saunders@magpiedays· Apr 9

Someone left this ARC in my hotel‘s lending library and I am devouring it!!