In Conversation with Jennifer Polson Peterson

Join us for a free In Conversation event with poet Jennifer Peterson to discuss her latest collection, Degenerate Era of an Expanding Universe, with Glenis Redmond! ABOUT THE BOOK: Degenerate Era of an Expanding Universe is a book about apocalypses large and small. The poems in this meditative collection explore economic and climatological trends toward dissolution, and how these forces seep into the domestic sphere. Whether exploring the constellations of family dynamics or observing natural and human disasters, Jennifer Polson Peterson reflects on “the newly unmade world” that nonetheless urges us to continue rebuilding. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Polson Peterson is the author of Degenerate Era of an Expanding Universe (Belle Point Press, 2026) and Must Resemble Leisure (Seven Kitchens Press, 2022). She serves as the 2024-28 Poet Laureate of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 2025 she was named a Laureate Fellow of the Academy of American Poets. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in… View Source