Jen Ashburn

Poet and Creative Nonfiction Writer

A woman with dark short hair wearing a flower-print blouse and black cardigan in front of a stone wall
A woman with dark short hair and glasses wearing a white jacket. Two buildings and a car in the background.
A woman with dark short hair wearing a flower-print blouse in front of a galvanized steel wall.

Latests Posts

  • New Poem in Muleskinner

    I’m honored to have my poem “Palaver in the House of Abandoned Things” included in the Borderlands Issue of The Muleskinner Journal.

    https://www.muleskinnerjournal.com/palaver-in-the-house-of-abandoned-things

    Painting of a woman hand sewing at a table
    The Small Drawing-Room: Mme Hessel at Her Sewing Table,
    Edouard Vuillard, CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons
  • Power City Presents…LIVE WIRE

    A Night of Poetry and Music

    Come out to Brillobox on Thursday, July 9th, 7 p.m. for a Scott Silsbe Power City Books event, featuring Don Wentworth, Jennifer Browne, Meghan Tutolo, Scott, and yours truly.

    4104 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224

    Poster giving the details of the reading.
  • New Jersey Reading

    I’m excited to read at the Writer’s Roundtable of Sussex County, NJ on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, along with Jason Irwin. This is a poetry community I admire; they’re always welcoming and run a great underrated journal called The Stillwater Review. Join us if you’re in the area! Also, read at the open mic. 🙂

    Unitarian Fellowship, 1 West Nelson Street, Newton, New Jersey.

    7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.