Jeddie Sophronius

Poet

Charlottesville, VA

Virginia US

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Author's Bio

Bio: Jeddie Sophronius is the author of the poetry collections Interrogation Records (Gaudy Boy, 2024), Happy Poems & Other Lies (Codhill Press, 2024), Love & Sambal (The Word Works, 2024), and the chapbook Blood·Letting (Quarterly West, 2023). A Chinese-Indonesian writer from Jakarta, they received their MFA from the University of Virginia, where they currently serve as a lecturer in English. The recipient of the 2023 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, their poems have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, The Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. Read more of their work at nakedcentaur.com

Education:

University of Virginia MFA

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Happy Poems & Other Lies (Codhill Press, 2024)

Interrogation Records (Gaudy Boy, 2024)

Love & Sambal (Word Works, 2024)

Prizes won:

2023 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Southeast Asian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Jakarta, JK

Indonesia

Jakarta Raya

Raised in:

Perth, WA

Australia

Western Australia

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Last update: Apr 30, 2024