Jennifer Knox's Writings
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Short Story
Apr.13.2013
Monkeybicycle
The Jeep was perfect for safari because it didn’t have zippers. It had real windows, up-and-down windows. The guy that stood by the little hut, who took Rattle’s money, told us that because we had the right kind of Jeep, we qualified for the good part. Being here made me want to go to the real jungle, but I was a kid who had to take what I was given. That’s...
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Short Story
Apr.02.2013
JMWW
My brother told me Dory was cracked, and he wasn't the only one. All the boys said she was crazy, but I figured they said this so their girlfriends wouldn't know they'd slept with her or tried to. Sure, she slept with a lot of people. But it didn't matter because I adored her.
I used to stare at her. I wanted to decipher each stroke, figure out how such...
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Short Story
Aug.14.2011
fwriction : review
The last day I saw Michelle she weighed 325.2 pounds. She used to greet me each morning by reading her weight as it was recorded earlier that day in a small black notebook. If she was losing weight, she’d treat herself to a glazed donut and give me a high-five. If she was gaining, she’d shrug and leave the cream out of her coffee...
http://www.fwrictionreview.com...
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Short Story
Aug.01.2011
Black Fox Literary Magazine
A short piece of fiction and an interview here:
http://www.blackfoxlit.com/Current-Issue.html
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Short Story
Jul.11.2011
2011 Global Short Story Award
2011 Global Short Story Award website: http://www.globalshortstories.net/maywinners2011.pdf
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Short Story
Apr.21.2011
First published in Eclectic Flash, now at fictionaut.
"Today is my thirty-fifth birthday, and I want to wear my hair curly. I want to look natural, the way my grandmother does in a photograph above my couch. In fact, I want to recreate this image exactly..." http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/jen-knox/a-glimpse--2
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Short Story
Apr.09.2011
Used Furniture Review
http://usedfurniturereview.com/2011/04/05/a-strange-brilliance-by-jen-knox/
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Short Story
Jan.17.2011
Bartleby Snopes
The last time I saw Michael he was incarcerated, only visible behind stained, cloudy Plexiglas; his features
had begun to harden after only a month's time. I wore a tight, pink shirt under my cardigan so that I could
casually undress, if only a little, to provoke him...
http://www.bartlebysnopes.com/alittletasteofheaven.htm
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Short Story
Dec.19.2010
Supersition Review
http://superstitionreview.asu.edu/n4/bio.php?author=jenknox&bio=fiction
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Short Story
Dec.18.2010
Bananafish Short Story Competition
There was nothing beautiful about dandelions. They stained my skin yellow and had a musty, cheesy smell so opposite the soft scent of other flowers. The dandelion plant consumed my early Saturday mornings then: throughout the summer that I turned nine and my chore list expanded to include weeding the yard. The sun drenched my shoulders those early mornings as I...
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. ”
—-Audre Lorde
About Jennifer
Jen Knox earned her MFA from Bennington College in 2010. She works as a creative writing professor at San Antonio College and copy editor at Frost & Sullivan. Jen mentors for the PEN American Center. She was nonfiction editor for The Bennington Review (...
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Causes Jennifer Knox Supports
Families United for Children's Mental Health
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Jennifer’s Favorite Books
Bissell Tom. The Father of All Things Colt Howe. The Big House Dillard, Annie. The Writing Life Erdal, Jennie. Ghosting Gaitskill, Mary. Veronica, Gordon, Mary...
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