Jennifer Foerster

Jennifer Elise Foerster is a Native American poet, writer, and teacher based in San Francisco, California. She has published three poetry books and served as associate editor for When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through, A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, and has been published in numerous journal publications and anthologies. Her 2013 book Leaving Tulsa was a finalist for the shortlist of the 2014 PEN Open Book Award. Foerster is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. In addition to her Mvskoke relatives, she is of German and Dutch heritage.

Works Her poetry works are: Leaving Tulsa (University of Arizona Press, 2013) Bright Raft in the Afterweather (University of Arizona Press, 2018) The Maybe-Bird (The Song Cave, 2022)