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Feminist performance poet
Jennifer Lisa Vest is a Mixedblood feminist poet born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She has had her poetry published in three journals, The Fire This Time, Ache (pronounced ah-shay), and Tongues and in four anthologies including Testimonies,, Fast Talk, High Volume, Out of Many, One, and Face America. She has performed in poetry readings and mixed media events throug...
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Links
- [MySpace] http://myspace.com/jenniferlisavest
- [Official Site] http://www.mxdmessages.com
- [Podcast] Video of We are the Women
- [Podcast] Video of poem, " You Look Like My People"
Bio
Jennifer Lisa Vest is a Mixedblood feminist poet born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She has had her poetry published in three journals, The Fire This Time, Ache (pronounced ah-shay), and Tongues and in four anthologies including Testimonies,, Fast Talk, High Volume, Out of Many, One, and Face America. She has performed in poetry readings and mixed media events throughout the Bay Area, Washington DC, New York, Connecticut, Boston, and Atlanta since the early 90s and was a member of the 1997 San Francisco Slam Team which competed in the Nationals. Her first book of poetry, Names, was published by Indigenous Speak in Berkeley, CA in 1997. In 1998, she toured the east coast promoting Names. Between 1999 and 2004, she participated in readings at a number of anti-war events in Oakland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle. In 2005 and 2006, she produced her first two cds, Camping at a Distance, a collection of Indigenous Poetry and Ancestor Count, a collection of poetry about the Mixed Race experience. In 2007, she produced her third CD, Wonder Woman, a collection of feminist poetry. She is currently performing throughout Florida and is planning a nation-wide tour for 2007.
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