Janet Cannon is a graduate of the University of Iowa where she also did graduate work. She is from the Boston area originally, but Janet has traveled extensively throughout the US, and she has lived in Manhattan, San Francisco, Taos, and Tucson. Now Janet lives in the Seattle area.
Janet's poems have been published in many literary magazines and journals such as Helicon Nine, G.W. Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, Beatitude, New Mexico Humanities Review, Texas Review, and the New York Quarterly--among others. She has read her poems and performed all over the United States, and has received awards from ASCAP, the Rio Grande Writers Association, and Bless Me Anima. She is the author of two published chapbooks.
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Janet has been an editor at Scholastic Books, and a technical writer and editor at several major corporations. She has also taught English as a Second Language at community colleges in New York and New Mexico. She is a member of ASCAP and is listed in the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, Vesta's Who's Who of North American Poets, and Who's Who in Writers, Editors, and Poets.
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Nebo: A Literary Journal (Vol. 30, No. 1), Arkansas Tech University, "tradition"; The Texas Review (Vol. 28, No. 3 and 4), Sam Houston State University, "day laborers"; G.W. Review (Vol. 8, No. 1), The George Washington University, "interlude"; Helicon Nine (No. 14 and 15), "vietnamese girl"; The Berkeley Poetry Review (No. 20), University of California / Berkeley, "after all"; Beatitude 33: Silver Anniversary, "last year's lover"; Connecticut River Review (Vol. 8, No. 1), Connecticut Poetry Society, "the neighbor"; New Mexico Humanities Review (Vol. 1, No. 2), New Mexico Tech, "two candles"; Passaic Review (No. 7 and 8), "learning to walk these streets"; San Marcos Review, "fantasy"; Croton Review (No. 9), Croton Council on the Arts, "inside the silhouette"; Peace or Perish: A Crisis Anthology, "portrait of a nuclear family"; Southwest Heritage (Vol. 11, No. 1), "town voyeur"; Rio Grande Writers Association Newsletter, "ode to a window washer"; Long Shot (Vol. 11), "we'll call him joe doe"; Potato Eyes (No. 1), "would-be friend"; Long Shot (Vol. 8), "facing it", "hattie", "cafe tacoma"; Rochester Peace and Justice Education Center (No. 154), "jellyfish hail!"; Nowhere, "bonus" "after all"; Nada Poems, "warning", "maria", "in lieu of a photo of new york", "a monday night", "a matter of difference", "not to forget"; Exit 13 (No. 1), "travels"; Waterways (Vol. 8, No. 10), "from the 5th story"; Sub Rosa (No. 14 and 15), "the pigeon"; Slant (Vol. 1), University of Central Arkansas, "someone's child"; Long Shot (Vol. 5), "x-queries the archbishop", "x-romantic", "what they're saying"; OrmFaer / Quarterly Review of Poetry (Vol. 1, No. 1), "as if"; Open 24 Hours (No. 5), "this is not India"; Long Shot (Vol. 4), "the neighbor" "some inner city teens", "indecision"; Howling Dog (Vol. 2, No. 2 and 3), "after all", "someone's child"; ByLine (No. 77), "misidentity"; Waterways (Vol. 6, No. 7), "warning";
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Wheelhouse Magazine, "today at dinner time"; the Kerf, College of the Redwoods, "the primrose"; Stroker (No. 30), "six thirty sharp"; Planet Detroit Magazine (No. 6), "sloppy noises", "the party"; Earth First, "rush hour"; Big Scream (No. 20), "warning", "this is not India"; Stroker (No. 28), "learning to walk these streets" "six thirty sharp"; Long Shot (Vol. 3), "leaving iowa city: being cool!" "we all know"; Big Scream (No. 18), "in lieu of a photo of n.y.c." "an understanding"; New Blood (No. 10), "san geronimo: taos pueblo", "the pretenders"; New Blood (No. 4), "maria", "monogamy vs. polygamy"; Long Shot (Vol. 2), "a matter of difference", "burned-out", "worms", "nervous", "a barking", "magpie"; Big Scream (No. 16), "a matter of difference", "a monday night", "san geronimo day: taos pueblo", "not to forget"; Smithereens Seasonal Sampler (Vol. 1, No. 1), "a monday night"; New Voices: Rebirth of Artemis (No. 1), "maria"; Blaketimes (No. 2), "midday telegram"; Pastiche (Vol. 2, No. 5), "spoken for"; Again, "not to forget"; Southwest Heritage (Vol. 10, No. 2), "summer children"; Snippets (Vol. 1, No. 8), "isolated woman"; Southwest Women's Poetry Exchange (No. 9), "two candles" "act 32-scene 32-take 32"; Plumbers Ink (Vol. 2, No. 2), "august morning" (in 3-voices); Plumbers Ink (Vol. 2, No. 1), "elegy to displaced persons", "worms", "ode to my lover", "the last talk", "fresh cut green beans", "tossed salad neighbors" (Featured Poet); New Mexico Independent (Vol. 83, No. 32), "good luck charm"; The Margarine Mapole Orangoutang Express (No. 38), "going home"; Plumbers Ink (Vol. 1, No. 4), "so what else is new"; Crow Call, "act 32-scene-32-take 32"; Taos News, "taos mud"; Crow Call (Vol. 1, No. 1), "from behind my lace curtains"; Power Ball (Vol. 4, No. 1), "powell street spring"; Poemphlet, "under my skin"; Big City Ball (Vol. 3, No. 2), "city poem"; Shades of Herself, "is it a drawing?", "the woman in me"; Ball, "birth-mare"; Plexus, "welfare".
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Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA; St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM; Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, CA; St. Mark's Church, New York, NY; Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk, NE; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Naropa Institute Assembly Hall, Boulder, CO; Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX; New York Public Library (Jefferson Branch), New York, NY; New College, San Francisco, CA; Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; Harwood Library, Taos, NM; Cody's Books, Berkeley, CA; Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO; Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY; Lawson and the Arts, Cable TV, Channel 25, San Francisco, CA; Image Theater, New York, NY; Kimo Theater, Albuquerque, NM; The Intersection, San Francisco, CA; Amos Enos Gallery, New York, NY; Noel Fine Art, Bronxsville, NY; Weeds, Chicago, IL; KXRT FM Radio, Taos, NM; The Melody, New Brunswick, NJ; Unison Learning Center, New Paltz, NY; Old Spaghetti Factory, San Francisco, CA; Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ; Open City Poetry Congress, San Francisco, CA; Grand Piano, San Francisco, CA; Dram Shoppe, Taos, NM; Brillig Books, Boulder, CO; Simpatica, Albuquerque, NM; Central Torta, Albuquerque, NM; Las Palomas, Taos, NM; Sheep's Head, Iowa City, IA; Taos Community Auditorium, Taos, NM; Boardwalk Restaurant, Taos, NM; Carlson-Black Gallery, Taos, NM; Outside-In, Santa Fe, NM; Stables Gallery, Taos, NM; First Majority Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA; The Pyramid, San Francisco, CA; Books Unlimited, Berkeley, CA; Neither/Nor, New York, NY; Darinka, New York, NY; The Roxy, New Brunswick, NJ; The Siren, Albuquerque, NM; The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ; Downtown Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, NM; Cafe Bustelo, New York, NY; At the Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Brazos Bookshop, Austin, TX; Cloud House, San Francisco, CA; Juliette's Tea Shop, San Francisco, CA; La Salamandra, Berkeley, CA; Oura Art Gallery, Dallas, TX; Spirit Runner Gallery, Taos, NM; Taos Gallery, Taos, NM.
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READINGS/
PERFORMANCES
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POETRY AWARDS
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Rio Grande Writers Association
— > FIRST PLACE, Traditional verse: "ode to a window washer"
- Rio Grande Writers Association
— > HONORABLE MENTION, Mini-muse Poetry Contest: "isolated woman"
- Bless Me, Anima (at the Kimo Theater)
— > POETRY PRIZE: "who woman chant" (NM Arts grant to PAC).
PUBLISHED CHAPBOOKS
- percipience, Cross Cut Saw Unltd.
- the last night in new york, Homeward Press
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LITERARY LISTINGS
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Directory of American Poets and Writers
- Directory of New Mexico Literary Sources
- International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets
- Who's Who in U.S. Writers Editors and Poets
- Vesta's Who's Who of North American Poets
- 2000 Notable American Women
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OTHER LITERARY WORK
— > Radio Host: Poetry Patch—creator & host of a poetry program on KXRT FM (Taos, NM).
— > Editor: Scholastic Books—project editor for the Literacy Place teacher edition textbook (New York, NY).
— > Co-Editor: Crow Call—founder & co-editor of the poetry magazine and published poemphlets (Taos, NM).
— > Editor & Writer: McClanahan and Co.—editor & writer for sections of a teacher edition textbook (New York, NY).
— > Poetry Reading Coordinator: First Majority (FM)—founder & host of poetry reading series at the FM Gallery (Berkeley, CA).
— > Poetry Reading Coordinator: Harwood Library—founder & host of poetry reading series at the public library (Taos, NM).
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| Poetry Workshop, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA (featured poet and workshop leader); Poetry Workshop, Northeast Nebraska Community College, Norfolk, NE (featured poet, lecturer, and workshop leader); Oral History Writing Workshop, New York City Public Library, New York, NY (poetry and prose writing teacher at the Chelsea Branch); Poetry Workshop, Hoboken, NJ (guest poet); Poetry Workshop, Taos Middle School, Taos, NM (guest poet); Creative Writing, Taos Day School, Taos Indian Pueblo, Taos, NM (language and creative writing teacher); Poetry & Songwriting, Martin Luther King High School, New York, NY (workshop teacher in the after school program).
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POETRY and
CREATIVE WRITING
TEACHER
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ENGLISH and
ESL TEACHER
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New School for Social Research, New York, NY (taught an ESL course titled "Reading American Writers"); Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY (coordinated an ESL program and taught ESL courses); LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY (taught ESL courses); Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY (taught ESL courses); La Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM (taught an ESL course); District Council 37, New York, NY (taught ESL courses); New York Association for New Americans, New York, NY (coordinated an ESL program and taught ESL courses); Federal Employment Guidance Services, New York, NY (taught a business English class); Liberty High School, New York, NY (taught High School
ESL); Intermediate School #44, New York, NY (taught junior high English); Washington Irving Evening High School, New York, NY (taught a HS English course).
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