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INTERVIEWS

PBS: Brief But Spectacular | A Brief But Spectacular take on destigmatizing mental illness through poetry
The Nervous Breakdown | Jeanann Verlee: The TNB Self-Interview (prey)
The Poetry Gods | Episode 4 Featuring Jeanann Verlee
Up the Staircase Quarterly | An Interview with Jeanann Verlee
The Nervous Breakdown | Jeanann Verlee: The TNB Self-Interview (Said the Manic to the Muse)
National Poetry Month Celebration, Features by Yvonne Brown | Feature: Jeanann Verlee
Catskill Mountain Foundation | Poet, Performer, Former Punk Rocker – In Other Words, Jeanann Verlee
SpokenHeard | Feature: Jeanann Verlee
Bop Dead City | Interview with Jeanann Verlee
Luna Luna Magazine | Thomas Fucaloro Interviews Poet & Editor Jeanann Verlee
The Courage Anthology: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls | Interview with Jeanann Verlee
The Nervous Breakdown | Jeanann Verlee: The TNB Self-Interview (Racing Hummingbirds) 
Philadelphia Stories: Sam Lasko | Jeanann Verlee, Sandy Crimmins Poetry Prize Winner
Hooligan Magazine: Morgan Martinez | Jeanann Verlee “Poet-Performer-Former punk rocker”
Modern Romance: Robert Auld | Interview with Jeanann Verlee (Racing Hummingbirds)
OVS Magazine | Poetry Interview: Jeanann Verlee
PANK | Ask The Author, Jeanann Verlee
HTML GIANT | Roxane Gay, I Like ___ A Lot: I Like Jeanann Verlee A Lot
WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE | Getting to know: Jeanann Verlee

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ARTICLES

The Paris Review | Poetry Rx: I Wish You a Tongue Scalded by Tea
The Rumpus | What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
ELLE | 14 Feminist Books Everyone Should Read - Essential Books
Black Lawrence Press | On Writing prey
National Endowment for the Arts Writers' Corner | Jeanann Verlee: Author's Statement
The Mighty | 8 Brave Poets Who've Put Mental Health in the Spotlight
BuzzFeed | The Year Poetry Tried to Save Us from Ourselves
Campus Diaries | Six Poems for a Deeper Perspective on Mental Health 
Bombshell | Five Female Poets You Need to Hear Now
The Rumpus | What to Read When It’s Mental Health Month
The Odyssey | 30 Over 30: Poet’s Edition
What’s Up! Bellingham’s Music Magazine | Jeanann Verlee: Punk Rock Poet
Bay Shore Schools | Visits with High School Students
HeadStuff | 20 Poems to Celebrate Womanhood (Women’s Day Poetry)
The Villager | Slammin’ at the Sidewalk Café
Feministing | Your Daily Poem: Jeanann Verlee
BuzzFeed | 7 Poems Popping Up In Unexpected Places
The Odyssey | 29 Excerpts From Poetry That Are Too Striking To Miss
The Boston Phoenix | Review: Boston vs. NYC Slam Poetry Grudge Match at the Armory
Boston Poetry Examiner | Jeanann Verlee delivers explosive show in Cambridge
The New Gay | Poetry: Three Queer YouTube Poems for Friday
New Paltz Oracle | Slam is a Feast, Poetry is Served
The Economist | Adversity in verse

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PRAISE

“An incredible beast of a writer."
            —C. Bain, author of Debridement

“Any storyteller can recount powerful experience. Jeanann makes you feel something powerful is happening in the telling. It is when safety dissolves that we discover possibility. She’s dangerous. It’s a special person who will make you wish they were your villain.” 
—Brian S. Ellis, author of Uncontrolled Experiments in Freedom ++

“Courageous and uncompromising—Jeanann Verlee is simply one of the best.”
            —Carlos Andrés Gómez, author of Fractures, Hijito, Man Up ++

“Verlee once again shows herself to be among the most critical, important, and defining voices.”
           —Wess “Mongo” Jolley, founder, IndieFeed

“Verlee took two encores to thunderous cheering and applause. Many of them seemed to have been waiting all night to hear the last poem in her setlist, ‘Unsolicited Advice to Adolescent Girls with Crooked Teeth and Pink Hair,’ and they were not disappointed…by the time Verlee delivered the final line, ‘When your mother hits you, do not strike back,’ most of the audience was on their feet.” 
            —Cassandra de Alba, Boston Poetry Examiner