Jennifer L. Knox is the author of four books of poems. The New York Times Book Review said her new book, Days of Shame and Failure, "hits, with deceptive ease, all the poetic marks a reader could want: intellectual curiosity, emotional impact, beautiful language, surprising revelation and arresting imagery." Her work has appeared four times in the Best American Poetry series as well as The New York Times, The New Yorker, and American Poetry Review.