Dr. Jeanne Powell

Author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction.  Instructor in UB, CS and OLLI programs on university campuses.  Producer of literary events, publisher, spoken word host, idea consultant.  

Created Living Treasures project -  published writings of four poetic elders - 2005 by Meridien PressWorks™ .

Creator/host for three spoken word series 1994 - 2004:  award-winning Celebration of the Word™ for ten years, Poetry at the Cosmo, and Word Dancing.  Word Dancing  was re-created  2007- 2009.

Facilitator for monthly writing group, Meridien Writers™, for 10 years.

Judge for literary competitions:
2008, 2012, 2014 -  Arizona State Poetry Society contest;
2010, 2012, 2016 - Scenarios USA (plays);
2013 - Outside Rhymes - Muir Heritage Land Trust.

Poetry published in five ANTHOLOGIES:
Drumvoices Revue (10th anniversary), S. Ill. U. at Edwardsville (2004); 
Windows & Skylights 3, Benicia Poets,  Outskirts Press (2010); 
Poets Eleven 2012, SF Public Library; 
World of Change,  New Way Media (2014);
Poets Eleven 2014, SF Public Library.

Author of Rise of Uyghur Ethnic Tensions in China, appears in  CHINA'S NEW 21ST CENTURY REALITIES from Peter Lang Publishers (2015)

Stage, film, cultural reviews at starkinsider.com, and 
RedRoom archives -- see links page at jeanne-powell.com

Upcoming performances:  see http://pw.org and
http://poetryflash.org

Books:
MY OWN SILENCE 2014 Taurean Horn Books.
WORD DANCING 2013 Taurean Horn Books.
CAROUSEL (Essays) 2014 Regent Press.
TWO SEASONS 2014  Regent Press.