years_active birth_place nationality language birth_date article_title name occupation
2000 -- present bay city , texas american english 1971 jill alexander essbaum
 jill alexander essbaum poet , novelist
jill alexander essbaum

jill alexander essbaum -lrb- born 1971 in bay city , texas -rrb- is an american poet , writer , and professor .
her most recent collections are the full-length manuscripts `` harlot '' -lrb- no tell motel , 2007 -rrb- and `` necropolis '' -lrb- neonuma arts , 2008 -rrb- .
essbaum 's poetry features puns , wordplay and dark humor , often mixed with religious and erotic imagery .
she currently teaches at the university of california riverside palm desert graduate center in the masters of creative writing graduate program .
essbaum 's debut novel , hausfrau was published march 2015 -lrb- `` random house '' -rrb- .
