In Full Velvet

Sinuous and sensual, the poems of In Full Velvet interrogate the nuances of desire, love, gender, ecology, LGBTQ lineage and community, and the tension between a body's material limits and the forms made possible by the imagination. Characterized by formal poise, vulnerability, and compassion, Johnson's debut collection is one of resounding generosity and grace.

Jenny Johnson is a recipient of the 2015 Whiting Writers' Award, and the 2016 Hodder Fellowship at Princeton. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Author: Jenny Johnson
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 02/14/2017
Pages: 72
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781941411377
ISBN10: 1941411371
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | LGBTQ+
- Nature | Ecology
- Social Science | Gender Studies

About the Author
Jenny Johnson: Jenny Johnson is a 2015 recipient of a Whiting Award and a 2016-2017 Hodder Fellowship at Princeton. Her work has been anthologized in Best American Poetry 2012, Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly, and Troubling the Line: Trans & Genderqueer Poetry & Poetics.