Poetry. LOCALE. "Reading and rereading this extraordinary manuscript, I find myself asking where these poems most completely come alive: word, line or 'sentence'? The truth is I can't tell—the poems leap off the page at all levels, as if Jessica Grim has tapped into the secret of a fourth dimension. Playful, serious, intense and wise all at once, with an accurate eye and an absolute ear, LOCALE contains some of the most riveting poems of our time. The art of the 21st Century starts here."—Ron Silliman

Author City: OBERLIN, OH USA

Jessica Grim grew up in the Bay Area, and lived for periods in Texas, New York, and (again) California before moving, in the early 90's, to NE Ohio. VEXED (BlazeVOX [books], 2009) was first published as an ebook by /ubu Editions. Other books of poetry include FRAY (O Books, 1998), LOCALE (Potes & Poets Press, 1995), and THE INVETERATE LIFE (O Books, 1990). With Melanie Neilson she co-edited Big Allis, a magazine focusing on experimental writing by women (1989-1996). She lives in Oberlin, OH, with her husband and son, and is a librarian at Oberlin College.