Watch my interview about Sirenland on the WritingRemix Podcast with Daniel Dissenger
Link to the Podcast on Substack. Hear us talk about siren songs, lesser known siren history, the power of bringing myth down to earth, into your life and making it real, the somatic experience of poetry and aliveness, traversing the psyche and how to “know thyself,” visiting sacred sites with active reverence, the specific longings of the Italian diaspora, death, life, rebirth, and finding mysterious ways to reconnect to your ancestors.
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Join us for an author meet & greet with Jennifer Barone & Ingrid Keir from Feather Press
Saturday, August 29th, 2026 from 1:00-3:00pm
Copperfield’s Books Petaluma: 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma, CA 94952
Come check out Jennifer’s new poetry & art book Sirenland and get a free, custom typewriter poem, with book purchase!
copperfieldsbooks.com/petaluma
Jennifer’s new poetry & art book Sirenland is now available!
Explore a different side of the Sirens! A reclamation of personal lineage – Sirenland is a mythic conversation across time with the poet’s ancestors from the Bay of Naples, Italy – home of the famous siren mythology from the Odyssey. Here, ancestral spirits rise from sea caves and memory – as the poet reimagines her siren lineage, singing stories long submerged.
Featuring 24 original, color illustrations and photographs by the author.
Sirenland is now available in San Francisco, CA at Telegraph Hill Books, or online here.
Watch my interview about Sirenland on the Life is a Poem podcast with Rosemary DeSena
Listen to my interview with Rosemary DeSena, host of “Life is a Poem” on Substack about my new poetry collection “Sirenland” – talking about journeys into Sirenland, Naples, Italy and Italian culture, the local poetry scene and culture in San Francisco’s historic North Beach neighborhood.
This anthology gathers love in all its forms. Purchase your copy locally in San Francisco at: Telegraph Hill Books and the Golden Sardine or online at Feather Press.
Support the press & this love project: by purchasing some Tender Hearts Club gear at: featherpress.printful.me
Jennifer’s poetry featured in Colossus Press “Current: The Ways and Workings of Water” Poetry Journal
This nourishing anthology of gorgeous poems reshapes how we think about water published by Colossus Press, edited by: Sara Biel, Elisa Salasin & Kim Shuck, SF Poet Laureate Emeritus. Click here for more info or to purchase.
Jennifer teaching Poetic Alchemy 3 writing workshop on Thursday November 20th, 2025 at Telegraph Hill Books!
(With all new Prompts!) Embark on an experiential journey through portals of transformation in this generative writing workshop (for writers of all genres and levels.) Inspired by La Porta Magica in Rome, Travel through time, space, and mysterious gateways with guided prompts designed to spark memories, conjure guides, and inspire dreams and visions for your work. There will be time to write and (optionally) share throughout the workshop. Come write, connect with fellow local creatives, and enjoy drinks and small bites.
This workshop is limited to 15 writers, all genres and levels.
Jennifer interviewed in Petaluma Poetry Walk Substack
Click here to read the article.
Interview by Ingrid Keir and published by Kary Hess at Petaluma Poetry Walk.
Jennifer is now co-hosting the Voices from the Hill podcast for Telegraph Hill Books.
Jennifer is currently co-hosting the Voices from the Hill podcast along with Joseph Carboni, owner of Telegraph Hill Books, interviewing Bay Area authors and poets. Click here to listen to the podcast on all your favorite platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more. Please subscribe, like, share, and all the things! Support local authors.
Jennifer’s poetry is featured in the Petaluma Poetry Walk Magazine
Jennifer has a new poem published in the limited edition Petaluma Poetry Walk 2025 Magazine, that features a poem for each poet who read at the event. Proceeds fund the Petaluma Poetry Walk. Support the arts!
Jennifer reads translations in Venice, Italy
Dream come true! Jennifer read the English translations for poets at the International Poetry Festival in Venice, Italy: Palabra en el Mundo (FIP) 2025 at Bistrot de Venise. Organized by the wonderful Anna Lombardo, poet, creative director, and translator, she featured poets from the poetry collection “From Venice to Venice,” published by El Martillo Press.
Jennifer teaching a special workshop – Poetry of the Senses, April 18th at Telegraph Hill Books!
Join Jennifer on an experiential journey through the senses in this generative poetry and writing experience to celebrate Poetry Month. We will explore ways to see, hear, smell, taste and touch through a series of brief, guided prompt exercises designed to spark memories, inspire dreams and visions for our work. There will be time to write, share (optional), and play throughout the workshop. You will leave with a handful of starts to continue crafting. Come meet other local creatives, wine & small tastes provided. * This workshop is limited to 15 people
Jennifer featuring at Feather Press / Birds of Paradise session at Sonoma Community Writers Festival at Sonoma State University – April 4th, 2024!
Jennifer will featuring new poetry along with Ingrid Keir, Cassandra Dallett and Kelechi Ubozoh as part of the Birds of Paradise session hosted by Feather Press at the Sonoma Community Writers Festival on Thursday April 4th, from 5-6pm at Sonoma State University: Bennett Valley Room, Student Center, Rohnert Park, CA. More info and full event and schedule detail – Free event, open to the public! Visit: Sonoma Community Writers Festival – Also come by the Feather Press table to check out our poetry books!
Poem featured in “This Wandering State, poems from Alta, Vol. 1” edited by Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus
I’m honored to have a poem published in the first volume of this wonderful anthology of poets celebrating San Francisco, check out This Wandering State, poems from Alta, Vol. 1: San Francisco, edited by Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus. This series of region-by-region poetry collections is intended to give voice to the diverse lives and perspectives of people who call California home. You can find it at your local bookstore – or at Caliba Poetry Project.
“Saporoso, poems of Italian food & love” now immortalized into ceramic art at Libreria Pino!
My book of poetry “Saporoso, poems of Italian food & love,” is now forever on the shelf, (next to the amazing Elena Ferrante no less!) immortalized into ceramic art on the walls of Libreria Pino bookstore in North Beach, San Francisco – where you can also stop by to buy a copy of my book in person, as well as check out the latest book in English and Italian Language books. Swing by and check it out, and support your local bookshops!
Poem featured in “Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution,” a dream by Adrian Arias, published by Nomadic Press
I’m honored to have a poem published for the “Eight of disks/coins” tarot card in the new “Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution,” Tarot deck dreamed up by artist Adrian Arias and featuring many San Francisco and Oakland Bay Area artists and poets. You can purchase this unique deck online at Nomadic Press.
Poem featured in the forthcoming Women Who Submit Anthology
Excited to hear the news that my poem “Invasive Species” will be published in the forthcoming “Accolades, a Women Who Submit Anthology” in 2020. It has been a great pleasure to help organize some of the WWS gatherings with friends. Our writing group has had a pretty stellar publishing success rate which only speaks to the great quality of their work. The anthology will be released on March 5th at the AWP 2020 event in Texas: >Facebook event invite
Cultural exchange
Two poets take Jennifer’s poem “Zucchini” from her book “Saporoso, Poems of Italian Food & Love” and creates a new version from their perspective exploring the poet’s own food culture, as well as others in the structure of Jennifer’s poem. Visit the exploration at: Noodles on the Silk Road, A Cultural Exploration of China and Italy through Noodles.
Poem featured in B Angeli Cuccidatti packaging
Very excited that Barbara Angelillo has featured the typewriter poem I wrote about her delicious Cuccidatti cookies in her packaging. She continues to make this delicious cookie recipe from her ancestors with such great love and tenderness that it inspires poetry.
Haiku featured in “Healing After Wildfire” Project
from the somber ash
chartreuse wings of the phoenix
flames cannot destroy
– Jennifer Barone
The Tea Roots organization, Photograph of Tubb’s Fire – Healing After Wildfire card project. Photography by © David T. Pang.
Featured in Forum Literary Magazine
CCSF Forum Literary Magazine‘s December 2018 issue has published 3 poems by Jennifer Barone on the theme of “Borders”- Her poem “What Do the Stars Look Like in the Middle of the Ocean” has been made available online. Click here to read.
Saporoso – poems of Italian food and love – at Museo Italo Americano Sat. Dec. 1
Come join Jennifer at the Mercantino di Natale at Museo Italo Americano on Saturday December 1st, 2018. Jennifer will be writing custom typewriter poems and giving a presentation of her book “Saporoso, poems of Italian Food & Love” at 4pm at the Museo’s holiday market. Come and find a special gift for your love ones. Museo Italo Americano is at Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd Building C, San Francisco CA. The holiday market is open from 12-6pm, book presentation at 4pm, free admission.
Jennifer to be featured in the Marin Poetry Center Anthology
Thursday September 20th 2018, at 7pm at the Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901 – Click here for more info on the event.
Jennifer’s poem “Consider the Oyster” – from her new manuscript, will be featured in the forthcoming Marin Poetry Center Anthology in September 2018.
Saporoso – poems of Italian food and love – Second Edition now available!
Second Edition now available at Feather Press. Updated edition features three new poems and a section of Jennifer’s secret, family recipes.
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