To be released March 28, 2023

Spoons, Knives, Checkbooks is a collection of verse that explores what it means to merge two lives while still maintaining one’s own identity.The poems in the collection take a journey through early married life and its struggles, including infertility and house remodeling. By the end, the speaker finds solace in the comforts of routine and connection with others.

Jennifer Judge has taught creative writing at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA, for more than twenty years.Her poems have appeared in Rhino, Under the Gum Tree, The Fictional Cafe, Literary Mama, and Blueline, among others.Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and in 2018, one of her poems was selected for permanent inclusion in Jenny Holzer’s For Philadelphia, 2018 in the Comcast Technology Center.She earned her MFA from Goddard College and currently lives in Dallas, PA, with her husband and two daughters.Visit jenniferjudgepoet.com for more information.

6" x 9", 75 pages. Printed on archival quality paper .