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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. Verlee also won the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry. Currently she edits poetry for Union Station Magazine and the Poets Portrait Project Anthology.

Life
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 at the Bowery Poetry Club. She lives in New York City with her dog and two lovebirds.

Print

 * Racing Hummingbirds (Write Bloody Publishing, 2010)

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 * plum

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cleave mother, if in a museum
 * the telling

kill author

 * The Session

The Legendary

 * 40 love letters
 * mama's girl
 * daydream
 * numerology

Lung

 * cutters

Muzzle Magazine

 * Wait (Verlee, Carlos Andres Gomez)

The Nervous Breakdown

 * Lessons in Alone

The November 3rd Club

 * Cross the sea, Esman.

PANK

 * 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

 * Hereditary

Radius

 * Brawler

Ragazine

 * and/or
 * Brooklyn's coming
 * untruth

Indiefeed

 * 40 Love Letters
 * The Session
 * communion
 * resurrection
 * Brooklyn's coming
 * unsolicited adice to adolescent girls with crooked teeth and pink hair

Muzzle Magazine

 * wait

Ragazine

 * and/or
 * untruth

Awards

 * Winner: Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry (2012)
 * Winner: Highest scoring individual poet at the National Poetry Slam Finals (2008)
 * Winner: NYC-Urbana iWPS Champion (2009)
 * Silver Metal Independent Publisher Book Award in Poetry (2010)
 * Two nominations for a pushcart (2010)