Jennifer Sinor

Jennifer Ann Sinor is an American author and literary nonfiction writer and professor. She primarily writes memoir, research-based creative nonfiction, and personal essays that experiment with non-linear forms. Sinor’s work focuses on the body, the ineffable, and the ordinary in our lives. It is often non-linear in form and relies on association, juxtaposition, and speculative leaps.

Jennifer Sinor
BornJennifer Ann Sinor
Kingsville, Texas
OccupationAuthor, professor
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Michigan
GenreNon-fiction
Website
jennifersinor.com

Biography

Born in Kingsville, Texas, Sinor was raised as a military dependent. Her father, a naval lawyer specializing in international ocean law, was stationed in Hawaii several times as well as the Pentagon.

Sinor graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1987 with degrees in both English and Russian.[1] While teaching 7th and 8th graders at ASSETS school in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jennifer completed her MA in English from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In 1995, she began her PhD in English and Education at the University of Michigan where she focused on women's autobiographical writing.[2] She graduated in 2000 and moved to Logan, Utah. Since then, Sinor has taught in the English Department at Utah State University where she is the chair of the creative writing emphasis and a professor of English.[3]

Writing career

Sinor has published essays in many journals and anthologies including The American Scholar, The Utne Reader, Creative Nonfiction, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Fourth Genre, The Colorado Review and Seneca Review. Her essay, "Confluences," appears in the 13th edition of the Norton Reader.[4] Her essays have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize[5] and a National Magazine Award.[6]

Awards and nominations
  • Finalist for the Modern Language Association's First Book Prize, 2002, The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing: Annie Ray's Diary
  • Nomination for Pushcart Prize, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • Honorable Mention, Personal Essay, Utah Writing Competition, 2007, “Headwaters”[7]
  • Nomination for National Magazine Award, 2008, “Confluences,” in The American Scholar
  • First Place, Utah Original Writing Competition, Book-length Nonfiction, 2009, Rogue Wave[7]
  • First Place, Utah Original Writing Competition, Novel, 2010 How Thin the Line [7]

Books
  • The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing: Annie Ray's Diary (University of Iowa Press, 2002) ISBN 978-0-87745-833-3[8][9][10]
  • Placing the Academy: Essays on the Landscape, Work and Identity. Co-editor with Rona Kaufman (University of Iowa Press, 2007) ISBN 978-0-87421-657-8[11]
  • Letters Like the Day: On Reading Georgia O'Keeffe (University of New Mexico Press, 2017) ISBN 978-0-8263-5783-0[12][13]
  • Ordinary Trauma: A Memoir (University of Utah Press, 2017) ISBN 978-1-60781-537-2[14]

Selected Essays

References
  1. "Department of English: Alumni: Jennifer Sinor". University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  2. "Joint PhD program in English and Education". University of Michigan.
  3. "Jennifer Sinor". Utah State University.
  4. "English prof's essay 'bears' and preserves story of Uncle's Death". Utah State University.
  5. "Creative Writing Professor Jennifer Sinor to Read New Story at Kiger Hour". USU Today. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. "Jennifer Sinor and Richard Robbins - Logan". Utah Humanities Review. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. "Utah Division of Arts and Museums:Original Writing Competition Winners" (PDF). Utah Department of Heritage and Arts.
  8. "The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing". Virginia Quarterly Review. 1 July 2003. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. Logan, Lisa M. (22 November 2004). "The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing: Annie Ray's Diary (review)". Biography. 27 (3): 620–622. doi:10.1353/bio.2004.0070.
  10. Armstrong, Liahna; Spence, Polly; Richardson, Karl Spence; Sinor, Jennifer (1 August 2004). "Moving out: A Nebraska Woman's Life". The Western Historical Quarterly. 35 (3): 384. doi:10.2307/25443026. JSTOR 25443026. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. Kopcik, Corinne. "Placing the Academy: Essays on Landscape, Work, and Identity, Reviewed by Corinne Kopcik" (PDF). University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  12. Williams, Tom. "Jennifer Sinor on Tuesday's Access Utah". Utah Public Radio. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  13. Hagan, Debbie. "A Review of Jennifer Sinor's Letters Like the Day | Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction". Brevity. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. Opsahl, Kevin. "'Ordinary Trauma': USU English professor opens up on new memoir". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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