Jan Clausen

Jan Clausen (North Bend, Oregon, 1950) is an American writer. Her work includes poetry, fiction, and essays and has been widely published in the feminist press and elsewhere.^[1] She has co-edited Conditions, a journal of women's writing, with Elly Bulkin.^[2] She is the author of the first critical essay on the feminist poetry movement of the 1970s, A Movement of Poets. Thoughts on Poetry and Feminism, 1982.^[3]

Clausen speaking at the National Writers Union (NWU - UAW Local 1981) 30th anniversary celebration in NYC

Works

• After Touch, 1975
• Waking at the Bottom of the Dark, 1979. Poetry.
• Mother, Sister, Daughter, Lover, 1980
• Duration, 1983. Collection of stories.
• Sinking Stealing, 1985. Novel.
• Illustrated by None: The Prosperine Papers, 1988
• Books and Life, 1989
• Beyond Gay or Straight: Understanding Sexual Orientation, 1996
• Apples and Oranges: My Journey through Sexual Identity, 1999