Compare A Very Large Array: Selected Poems

This extensive collection of poet Jena Osman’s acclaimed work spans more than 30 years, gathering poems from journals and books long out of print. Her poetry traces overlooked visual and linguistic incidents across centuries of American history, transforming "official" language—from Supreme Court opinions to the chatter of Predator drone pilots—into writing that is comic, chilling and relentlessly inventive. ’s (born 1963) books include (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2019), (Wesleyan University Press, 2012), (Fence Books, 2010, selected for the National Poetry Series in 2009), (Roof Books, 2004) and (Beacon Press, winner of the 1998 Barnard New Women Poets Prize). She lives in Philadelphia.