Jennifer Barone




		POETRY • click on a title ST. FRANCIS OF SAN FRANCISCO POETRY LIKE BREAD THE HISTORY OF MY HEART OH JENNIFER WE MUST NEVER HAVE A FIGHT

	Jennifer was born in Brooklyn, NY where she founded the WordParty hosting poetry, music and performance art in her living room. Due to an overwhelming number of creative friends and a few knocks on the door by the local police, she eventually had to branch out to local venues in the East Village of New York City and eventually in San Francisco CA, where she now resides, and was the co-host of the WordParty Poetry and Jazz night. Click on roots for the whole story. Jennifer is also a fine artist, painter and is known to collaborate with local artists and musicians including Nova Jazz, combining poetry, fine art and jazz music in her performances and publications. Jennifer has been a featured poet at local readings in San Francisco including Modern Times Bookstore, The Beat Museum, The Red Poppy Art House, The San Francisco Public Library, and Poetry Mission at Dalva as well as numerous poetry venues in SF. She was a winner of the 2007 Poets Eleven city-wide contest selected by Jack Hirschman, SF Poet Laureate and the SF Public Library. She was also a featured poet and "Tableux Vivant - living painting" at the SF Museum of Modern Art as part of the performance for the closing exhibit of Frida Kahlo curated by Rene Yanez where she was dressed as Frida and performed original poems in her honor. She is the author of two collections of poetry, Simple Language, 2003 and Secret City, 2007 - a bi-coastal collaboration with her father's original artwork in response to her poems. She is currently working on a new poetry and art collection about Italian food and love. Published in: The 16th and Mission Street Review, SF 2006 The Haight Ashbury Literary Journal - Featured Poet, SF 2008 The SF City Star - Featured Poet, Poet's Corner, Nov. 30th 2007 Poets Eleven Anthology, SF Public Library 2007 The Haight Ashbury Beat, San Francisco 2006 Words SVA Poetry Journal, New York City Poetry and Art Exhibition Highlights: "Pasion por Frida" The SF MoMa, Sept. 2008 ARTworkSF, Visual Voices, SF 2007 Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Alt. Media Youth Culture exhibit, New York City The Poet's House, New York City		Books by Jennifer: Available at: City Lights Bookstore Bird & Beckett Books Modern Times Bookstore The Booksmith The Beat Museum *Secret* City, a bi-coastal collaboration with her father, Edward Barone's artwork, $10. + $2 shipping *Simple Language,* $10 + $2 shipping Poets 11 Anthology, $20 Available at the SF Public Library










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