Jen Silverman (they/them) is a poet, playwright, and novelist whose books include the novels There’s Going to Be Trouble (Random House, 2024) and We Play Ourselves (Random House, 2022) and the chapbook Bath (Driftwood Press, 2022, selected by Traci Brimhall). Her play The Roommate recently made its Broadway debut with Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone. Silverman’s honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Poetry
Spring 2025
Doppelgänger Poem
I have this instinct that one of these days,walking down a darkened street, gazing in thewindows, collecting other people’s scraps,I’ll see myself:standing by some unknown stove, bent oversomeone else’s tulips […]
Poetry
Spring 2025
Expiration / Divination
You’ll find me in the pantry, holding up to the light all manner of small jars squinting at the fine print. My mother says Best before is a suggestion like […]