Jen Minkman (1978) is a Dutch author writing her poetry in English. Her influences are Suzanne Vega, Tori Amos and Yoko Ono. 'Undercurrent' is her first volume of poetry. She writes chicklit and paranormal romance for a Dutch publishing house in Arnhem. "Minkman's lilting language and limited punctuation reflect the "dance" of her poems. These poems take place in the spaces between waking and sleeping, night and dawn--they "[roam] the outskirts of town" and "[lurk] in the shadows," slowly giving way to the thoughts that the poet allows us to engage. We are literally granted direct access to the poet's thoughts and thought process, which is a place few poets so amenably and candidly let us go." Review from Touch Poetry touchpoetry.com