On Work

On Work is a collection of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that explores work from a variety of perspectives. From food service to road work, sales to the office, and driving to working from home, this collection is full of emotional resonance, keen observations, and powerful words. Words by Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees, Willa Schneberg, Katherine Edgren, John Davis, Ed Woods, Julie Martin, Larry Pike, John Peter Beck, Maddie Lock, Juliana Zalon, Cheryl Parisien, Edward M. Cohen, Sue Mell, Carrie Lee South, Nancy Werking Poling, Douglas Cole, and Adam J Galanski.

Jen Knox is an educator and storyteller who teaches writing, leadership, and meditation. Her first novel, We Arrive Uninvited, won the Steel Toe Books Award, and her second novel, Chaos Magic, was a finalist for the Joshua Tree Prize and was published by Kallisto Gaia Press. She is also the author of The Glass City, which won the Press Americana Prize for Prose. Jen's short fiction can be found in Chicago Tribune, Prose Online, McSweeney's Internet Quarterly, The Saturday Evening Post, and more. She won CutBank's Montana Prize in Nonfiction for "Disembodied" and the San Miguel Contest for her essay, "Teeth." Jen is the proud recipient of grants from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council to complete a collection of narrative essays, At Work (Cornerstone Press UWSP, 2027).