Jill Alexander Essbaum
Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971 in
Bay City, Texas, United States) is an American poet, writer, and professor. Her most recent collections are the full-length manuscripts ''Harlot'' (No Tell Motel, 2007) and ''Necropolis'' (neoNuma Arts, 2008). Essbaum's poetry features puns, wordplay and dark humor, often mixed with religious and erotic imagery. She currently teaches at the
University of California Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center in the Masters of Creative Writing Graduate Program. Essbaum's
debut novel ''Hausfrau'' (Random House) was published in March, 2015.
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