Jessica Q. Stark

Jessica Q. Stark is an American poet of Vietnamese descent.[1] She is the author of five chapbooks and two full length collections: Buffalo Girl (Boa Editions, 2023) and Savage Pageant (Birds LLC, 2020).[2]

Early life

Stark grew up in Southern California.[3] During her doctoral studies in English at Duke University she worked at Duke University's rare collections archive.[4][5]

Career

Stark's poetry has been published by Poetry Society of America,[6] The Nation,[7] Pleiades,[8] Gulf Coast,[9] and The Florida Review.[10]

In 2016, Stark released her debut chapbook, The Liminal Parade. It was the winner of the Heavy Feather Double Take Grand Poetry Prize.[11]

In 2020, Stark released her debut full-length poetry collection, Savage Pageant, through Birds LLC, and the following year her debut was recognized as a finalist for the 2021 Norma Farber First Book Award.[12]

In 2022, Stark's second full-length poetry collection, Buffalo Girl, was published with Boa Editions. Buffalo Girl was recognized a silver medal winner by the 2023 Florida Book Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award.[13][14]

In 2025, South Arts named Stark as one of their 2025 State Fellows for Literary Arts.[15]

Stark serves as a poetry editor at AGNI.[16] She teaches creative writing as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL where she cohosts the Dreamboat Reading Series and curates Riverrun: A Poetry Stream.[17][18][19]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

  • The Flea (Ethel Zine, 2025) (chapbook)[20]
  • Buffalo Girl (Boa Editions, 2022) ISBN 978-1-950774-88-3[21][22][23]
  • Render (Eat Magazine, 2022) (chapbook)[24]
  • Innanet (The Offending Adam, 2021) (chapbook)[25]
  • Savage Pageant (Birds LLC, 2020) ISBN 978-0-9826177-3-1[26][27][28]
  • Vasilisa the Wise (Ethel Zine Press, 2018) (chapbook)[29]
  • The Liminal Parade (Heavy Feather Review, 2016) (chapbook)

References

  1. ↑ Hoover, Erin (2023-04-14). ""Shapeshifting as Magic": An Interview with Jessica Q. Stark". Southern Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  2. ↑ "Savage Pageant". Birds LLC. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Julia; Hagler, Abby (2020-08-13). "An Interview with Jessica Q. Stark". Tarpaulin Sky Magazine. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  4. ↑ "A Personal Hauntology: An Interview with Jessica Q. Stark". Boa Editions. 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  5. ↑ "Jessica Stark, 2019 Dean's Award Winner | Gender, Sexuality Feminist Studies". Duke University. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  6. ↑ "Jessica Q. Stark on "Explanatory note"". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  7. ↑ Stark, Jessica Q. (2024-06-12). "Royal Pardon". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  8. ↑ Jessica, Stark (Spring 2025). "War Ghost :: War Host". Pleiades: Literature in Context. 45 (1): 78–79. doi:10.1353/plc.2025.a959325.
  9. ↑ "37.2 Summer/Fall 2025". Gulf Coast Literary Journal. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  10. ↑ "Issue 48.2". The Florida Review. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  11. ↑ "Seafaring Split, 2016 poetry chapbooks by Jessica Q. Stark and Kiley McLaughlin". Heavy Feather Review. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  12. ↑ "Norma Farber First Book Award". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  13. ↑ Prentiss, Anna (2024-03-11). "FSU Libraries announces 2023 Florida Book Awards winners". Florida State University News. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  14. ↑ "Byas Wins Maya Angelou Book Award for Her Debut Poetry Collection, 'I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times' | Kansas City Public Library". Kansas City Library. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  15. ↑ "South Arts Announces 2025 State Fellows, New Multi-Year Support from Windgate Foundation | South Arts". www.southarts.org. 2025-05-22. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  16. ↑ "Jessica Q. Stark". AGNI Online. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  17. ↑ "Faculty Bio Jessica Stark". University of North Florida. May 13, 2026. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Home - Riverrun Poetry". streampoetry.com. 2025-01-14. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  19. ↑ "Dreamboat Reading Series". University of North Florida. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  20. ↑ "The Flea by Jessica Q. Stark". Ethel. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  21. ↑ Hendrix, Raye (2023-06-26). "Buffalo Girl, a new poetry collection by Jessica Q. Stark". Heavy Feather Review. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  22. ↑ Stetzel, Cody (2023). "Online Exclusive: Review of Buffalo Girl by Jessica Q. Stark". Salamander Magazine. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  23. ↑ Perez, Emily (2023-05-19). "REVIEWS — RHINO — Buffalo Girl by Jessica Q. Stark". RHINO. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  24. ↑ "Render, by Jessica Q. Stark". EAT. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  25. ↑ "INNANET – The Offending Adam". theoffendingadam.com. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
  26. ↑ Covil, Jessica (2020-05-06). ""she increases the object's human dignity": A Review of Savage Pageant". Carolina Quarterly. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  27. ↑ Hynes, Rita (2020-05-11). "Savage Pageant, a hybrid poetry debut by Jessica Q. Stark". Heavy Feather Review. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  28. ↑ D’Stair, Sarah (2021-05-19). "Savage Pageant: Poems Book Review". The Los Angeles Review. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  29. ↑ "Vasilisa The Wise by Jessica Q. Stark". Ethel. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
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