Jenny Xie

• Name — Jenny Xie • Birthplace — Hefei, Anhui, China • Occupation — Poet, teacher • Education — Princeton University New York University • Notable Works — Eye Level • Awards — Walt Whitman award (2018), Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature (2020) • Website — jennymxie.com

Jenny Xie was born in Anhui, China. She was raised in North Brunswick, New Jersey, and graduated from North Brunswick Township High School. She received an undergraduate degree at Princeton University and earned a graduate degree from New York University. Xie's chapbook, Nowhere to Arrive, was published by Northwestern University Press in 2017 and won the 2016 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize. Xie's poetry collection, Eye Level, was published by Graywolf Press in 2018. Xie was named winner of the Walt Whitman award given by the Academy of American Poets in 2018. The book was also named a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry in 2018. In June 2018, Xie was named winner of the Holmes National Poetry Prize, as a "poet of special merit", selected by the Creative Writing faculty of Princeton University. Xie was awarded a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature by the Vilcek Foundation in 2020. Xie's second poetry collection, The Rupture Tense, was published by Graywolf Press in 2022. The Rupture Tense was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry in 2022. Xie lives in New York City. She teaches at Bard College and previously taught at New York University.