Jessica Jewell is the Program Coordinator for the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Nimrod, the American Poetry Journal, Harpur Palate, Copper Nickel, Rhino, Barn Owl Review, and Poetry Midwest, among others. Her chapbook, Slap Leather, was published by dancing girl press in 2011, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.