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Jennifer Barone. American Poet. Born December 8th 1975, Brooklyn, New York. Co-Founder of the WordParty, an open collective of Poets, Musicians, Artists and Friends.

Jennifer founded the WordParty in the early ‘90‘s while hosting poetry parties in her living room in Brooklyn, NY (Click on “About Us” for the whole story). She now resides in San Francisco as an active member on the poetry scene.

Jennifer is known to collaborate with local artists combining poetry, fine art and jazz in her performances and publications. She has been a featured poet at venues such as The SF Public Library, The Red Poppy Art House, The Beat Museum, SF MoMa, DeYoung, Randall Museum and many local readings. She was a winner of the 2007 and 2012 Poets Eleven city-wide contest to represent North Beach, selected by Jack Hirschman, former SF Poet Laureate and the San Francisco Public Library.

She is the author of three collections of poetry: Saporoso, Poems of Italian food & love, with drawings by Lam Khong, 2012, Simple Language, 2003 and Secret City, 2007 - a bi-coastal collaboration with her father's original artwork in response to her poems about New York City and San Francisco.

Jennifer has been published in:

Poets Eleven Anthology, SF Public Library 2012

OutofOur Literary Magazine, 2010 - 2013 Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Anthology Volume 2 - Issue 1, 2011 A Continent of Light, Volume 1, 2011

sPARKLE & bLINK, Quiet Lightning Review, issue #8 2010

Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Literary Magazine, 2009

The Haight Ashbury Literary Journal - Featured Poet, 2008

The SF City Star - Featured Poet, Poet's Corner, Nov. 30th 2007

Poets Eleven Anthology, SF Public Library 2007

The 16th and Mission Street Review, SF 2006

The Haight Ashbury Beat, San Francisco 2006

Words, SVA Poetry Journal, New York City 1996

Poetry and Art Exhibition Highlights: “Saporoso” opening exhibit, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 "Beautiful Trash” Adrian Arias, De Young, San Francisco, CA 2008

"Pasion por Frida" SF MoMa, San Francisco, CA 2008

“Visual Voices” ARTworkSF, San Francisco, CA 2007

“Secret City” opening, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003

“Alt. Media Youth Culture” New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC

“New Works” The Poet's House, New York City, NY

Jennifer Barone
Jennifer Barone. American Poet. Born December 8th 1975, Brooklyn, New York. Co-Founder of the WordParty, an open collective of Poets, Musicians, Artists and Friends.

Jennifer founded the WordParty in the early ‘90‘s while hosting poetry parties in her living room in Brooklyn, NY (Click on “About Us” for the whole story). She now resides in San Francisco as an active member on the poetry scene.

Jennifer is known to collaborate with local artists combining poetry, fine art and jazz in her performances and publications. She has been a featured poet at venues such as The SF Public Library, The Red Poppy Art House, The Beat Museum, SF MoMa, DeYoung, Randall Museum and many local readings. She was a winner of the 2007 and 2012 Poets Eleven city-wide contest to represent North Beach, selected by Jack Hirschman, former SF Poet Laureate and the San Francisco Public Library.

She is the author of three collections of poetry: Saporoso, Poems of Italian food & love, with drawings by Lam Khong, 2012, Simple Language, 2003 and Secret City, 2007 - a bi-coastal collaboration with her father's original artwork in response to her poems about New York City and San Francisco.

Jennifer has been published in:

Poets Eleven Anthology, SF Public Library 2012

OutofOur Literary Magazine, 2010 - 2013 Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Anthology Volume 2 - Issue 1, 2011 A Continent of Light, Volume 1, 2011

sPARKLE & bLINK, Quiet Lightning Review, issue #8 2010

Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Literary Magazine, 2009

The Haight Ashbury Literary Journal - Featured Poet, 2008

The SF City Star - Featured Poet, Poet's Corner, Nov. 30th 2007

Poets Eleven Anthology, SF Public Library 2007

The 16th and Mission Street Review, SF 2006

The Haight Ashbury Beat, San Francisco 2006

Words, SVA Poetry Journal, New York City 1996

Poetry and Art Exhibition Highlights: “Saporoso” opening exhibit, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 "Beautiful Trash” Adrian Arias, De Young, San Francisco, CA 2008

"Pasion por Frida" SF MoMa, San Francisco, CA 2008

“Visual Voices” ARTworkSF, San Francisco, CA 2007

“Secret City” opening, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003

“Alt. Media Youth Culture” New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC

“New Works” The Poet's House, New York City, NY