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Jen Hyde
Award-Winning Poet & Essayist
Jen Hyde is a poet and essayist. Her debut poetry collection, Hua Shi Hua (华诗画): Drawings and Poems from China was published by Ahsahta Press at Boise State University.
Her essays have appeared in Longreads, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. She currently teaches creative writing at Sonoma State University.
On Substack, she sometimes writes Postcards from Hyde Street.


In this debut collection, we have a lyrical quest for heritage, for language, and for poetry itself."
—Kimiko Hahn
…a pleasant message about finding identity in a more and more identityless world.
—Brandon Ryan Long
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Keep up with me on Substack! Postcards from Hyde Street is where I share musings and book reviews on a semi-regular basis.
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