Jos Charles

Jos Charles (born November 14, 1988) is an American poet, writer, translator, and editor.

Biography

Charles grew up in a conservative, Evangelical Christian family. She wrote her first poem, about the Crucifixion, when she was seven years old.[1] Charles received a Masters in Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona.[2]

Charles' debut poetry collection, Safe Space was published in 2016 by Ahsahta Press.[3][4] Her poetry has been published by POETRY, PEN, Washington Square Review, Denver Quarterly, GLAAD, and LAMBDA Literary', The Feminist Wire, Action Yes, BLOOM, and The Capilano Review.[5] In 2015 she received the Monique Wittig Writer's Scholarship.[6]In 2016 Charles received a Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship through the Poetry Foundation and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry.[7][6][2][8] In 2017 she was the winner of the National Poetry Series.[5][9] On August 14, 2018 their poetry book feeld was published by Milkweed Editions.[1][10][11] She is the founding editor of THEM, the first trans-literary journal in the United States.[5] Charles' writing uses an original vocabulary that is created by blending together Middle English and textspeak.[12][13][14][15][16]

Charles is a transgender woman.[17] As of 2018, she lives in Long Beach, California and attends the University of California Irvine as a PhD candidate in English.[18]

In June 2019, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, an event widely considered a watershed moment in the modern LGBTQ rights movement, Queerty named her one of the Pride50 "trailblazing individuals who actively ensure society remains moving towards equality, acceptance and dignity for all queer people".[19]

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References
  1. Savard, Molly (14 August 2018). "The Complicated Beauty of Jos Charles' Words". Shondaland. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. "Jos Charles Archives". Nationalpoetryseries.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. "Ten Questions for Jos Charles". Poets & Writers. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. "American Poetry Review - Jos Charles - "Bowl of Oranges: An Interview with Kaveh Akbar"". American Poetry Review. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  5. Foundation, Poetry (3 February 2019). "Jos Charles". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  6. "Two Poems by Jos Charles". Lithub.com. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  7. "Safe Space". Ahsahtapress.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  8. "Jos Charles". Nationalbook.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  9. "feeld". Milkweed Editions. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  10. "jos charles". Joscharles.com. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  11. "An Invitation to the feeld: an Interview with Jos Charles - Frontier Poetry - A Platform For Emerging Poetry". Frontier Poetry. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  12. "Standardizing the Vernacular: Jos Charles Interviewed by S. Yarberry - BOMB Magazine". Bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  13. "Jos Charles on "Seagull, Tiny" - Poetry Society of America". Poetrysociety.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  14. "Queering Language: 'Feeld' by Jos Charles". Zyzzyva.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  15. "To describe the trans experience, this poet created a new dialect". PBS NewsHour. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  16. "VIDA Reviews! feeld notes: feeld, by Jos Charles". VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  17. Charles, Jos (8 January 2018). "Jos Charles - Poet - Academy of American Poets". Poets.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  18. Trumpfheller, Brad (30 August 2018). "Groundshift: A Conversation with Jos Charles". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  19. "Queerty Pride50 2019 Honorees". Queerty. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
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