This startling debut packages eros, motherhood, divorce, and a lesbian choice into a first book that knows that the narrative of transformation ultimately transcends the specific circumstances of the journey. In selecting Unravelling at the Name, Marilyn Hacker wrote: "Here is a new voice accomplished both in mind and music, a poet with perfect pitch in her mother tongue."

Jenny Factor received her A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges in 1991, and her M.F.A. from Bennington College.

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