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Jeanann Verlee (age 38) is an American author performance poet, editor and activist. Her first book of poems Racing Hummingbirds published in 2010 received the Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medal in Poetry[1]. Verlee also won the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry. Currently she edits poetry for Union Station Magazine [1] and the Poets Portrait Project Anthology.
Life[edit]
Born in Denver, Colorado, Verlee studied theatre performance and creative writing. She wrote her first poem at age seven and by age seven become the youngest winner of Parade Magazine's prize for her essay. By fifteen she almost completed her first novel which she never completed. Also at fifteen, Verlee was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She became the co-author and performer of The Vortex: Conflict, Power and Choice! a touring company that performed nationally. Currently she edits poetry, direct poetry series's, coaches poetry slam teams, and curates the Urbana Poetry Slam Series [2] at the Bowery Poetry Club [2]. She lives in New York City with her dog and two lovebirds.
Published Works[edit]
Print[edit]
- Racing Hummingbirds (Write Bloody Publishing, 2010)
decomP[edit]
- plum
at FRiGG[edit]
- the telling
cleave mother, if in a museum
kill author[edit]
- The Session
The Legendary[edit]
- 40 love letters
- mama's girl
- daydream
- numerology
Lung[edit]
- cutters
Muzzle Magazine[edit]
- Wait (Verlee, Carlos Andres Gomez)
The Nervous Breakdown[edit]
- Lessons in Alone
The November 3rd Club[edit]
- Cross the sea, Esman.
PANK[edit]
- Almighty
- Genetics of Regret
- How to Talk to Dead Girls
- Frat Boy
- communion
- exit wound
- unsolicited advice to adolescent girls with crooked teeth and pink hair
Philadelphia Stories[edit]
- Hereditary
Radius[edit]
- Brawler
Ragazine[edit]
- and/or
- Brooklyn's coming
- untruth
Audio[edit]
Indiefeed[edit]
- 40 Love Letters
- The Session
- communion
- resurrection
- Brooklyn's coming
- unsolicited adice to adolescent girls with crooked teeth and pink hair
Muzzle Magazine[edit]
- wait
Ragazine[edit]
- and/or
- untruth
Anthologies[edit]
CD Anthologies[edit]
Awards[edit]
- Winner: Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry (2012) [3]
- Winner: Highest scoring individual poet at the National Poetry Slam Finals (2008) [4]
- Winner: NYC-Urbana iWPS Champion (2009) [1]
- Silver Metal Independent Publisher Book Award in Poetry (2010) [5]
- Two nominations for a pushcart (2010) [6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b http://jeanannverlee.com/who.html
- ^ http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#Urbana_Poetry_Slam_Web_
- ^ http://www.philadelphiastories.org/sandy-crimmins-poetry-prize-winner-jeanann-verlee
- ^ http://nps2013.poetryslam.com/judgementday/
- ^ http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1362
- ^ http://www.muzzlemagazine.com/1/post/2010/11/pushcart-prize-nominations.html
Further Reading[edit]
- Verlee, Jeanann. Racing Hummingbirds. Write Bloody Publishing, 2010.
- Thrush Poetry Journal: While Writing an Ode to my Lover's Hands, He Tells Me about the Revolver, Good Girl, and The Sick is an Ocean, I am Learning to Swim
- Muzzle Magazine: Wait by Jeanann Verlee and Carlos Andres Gomez
- Word Riot: Grief, Not Guilt, His Version, When the girl roasted the pig whole, The Believer, Dumpster Full of Dresses, and I Imagined it Nude, or in a Black Dress
- PANK Magazine: Communion, Exit Wound, Unsolicited Advice to Adolescent Girls With Crooked Teeth and Pink Hair
- Kill Author: The Session
- WHEREIN THE AUTHOR PROVIDES FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION FOR THE FIRST STANZA DRAFTED AFTER A SIGNIFICANT AND DANGEROUS DEPRESSION INCURRED UPON BEING REFERENCED AS A “HACK” BOTH BY INDIVIDUALS UNKNOWN TO THE AUTHOR AND BY INDIVIDUALS WHOM THE AUTHOR HAD PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED FRIENDS
- The Nervous Breakdown: Lessons in Alone
- Frigg Magazine: Mother, if in a Museum, Cleave, The Telling, and Jeanann Verlee's Comments
External links[edit]
- Jeanann Verlee's official website
- Bowery Poetry Club's official website where Verlee curates the slam series and performs regularly
- Union Station Magazine for which Verlee edits poetry
- 40 Love Letters
- Communion
- Lessons on Learning a Prophet