Rhoda Janzen. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Rhoda Janzen is an American poet, academic, and memoirist, best known for her memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress.
Life[]
Janzen grew up in a Mennonite household in North Dakota.[1] She earned a Ph.D. from UCLA.[2] She teaches at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.[3]
In 2006, Janzen’s husband of 15 years left her for a man, and she suffered serious injuries in car accident a few days later.[4] While on sabbatical from her teaching position,[5] she went home to her Mennonite family in Fresno, California, to heal from these crises.[6] These experiences are recounted in her memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress.[7]
Her second memoir will tell the story of her experiences surviving breast cancer, becoming a stepmom,[8] and attending her new husband’s Pentecostal church.[9]
In addition to her memoir, Janzen is the author of Babel’s Stair, a collection of poetry.[10]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Babel’s Stair: Poems. Cincinatti, OH: Word Press, 2006.
Non-fiction[]
- Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A memoir of going home. New York: Holt, 2009.
- Mennonite Meets Mr. Right: A memoir of faith, hope, and love. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2012.
- Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? A Mennonite finds faith, meets Mr. Right, and solves her lady problems. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2012.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[11]
Local author cooks with Rachael
Audio / video[]
- Does this Church Make Me Look Fat? (CD). New York: Hachette Audio, 2012.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ “Interview: Rhoda Janzen, author of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress”, Laurel Rhame, Smith, April 22, 2010.
- ↑ “Rhoda Janzen: From Modern to Mennonite”, Andrea Sachs, Time, October 20, 2009.
- ↑ Hope College
- ↑ “Rhoda Janzen: From Modern to Mennonite”, Andrea Sachs, Time, October 20, 2009.
- ↑ “Mennonite in a Little Black Dress”, Jason Zasky, Failure Magazine.
- ↑ “The Simple Life Comes With Complications”, Cathy Horyn, The New York Times, December 2, 2009.
- ↑ “She Did Go Home Again”, Kate Christensen, The New York Times, November 5, 2009.
- ↑ “New Voices: Rhoda Janzen”, Carol Memmott, USA Today, 10/21/2009.
- ↑ “Interview: Rhoda Janzen, author of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress”, Laurel Rhame, Smith, April 22, 2010.
- ↑ The Poetry Foundation
- ↑ Search results = au:Rhoda Janzen, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 10, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Lunch without Genius"
- Four poems at the Center for Mennonite Writing
- Rhoda Janzen at the Poetry Foundation
- Books
- Rhoda Janzen at Amazon.com
- About
- Rhoda Janzen at Hachette Speakers Bureau
- Rhoda Janzen Official website.
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