Day Laborers by Janet Cannon
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"Janet Cannon--a unique voice in modern American poetry. A 100% woman's voice, the honest and true interior rhythms of uncensored thought--often horrified by the tortured humanity she witnesses every day. The extraordinary eyes of social conscience, which see an America far different from the one portrayed in history books or the halls of Congress, or promulgated by Mr. Trump's White House. This is the America most of us, unfortunately, live in--as only a great poet can tell it."
--Gerald Nicosia
Janet Cannon is from the Boston area originally, but is now in Chico, CA area. Janet is a graduate of the University of Iowa where she also did graduate work. She has been an editor at Scholastic Books, and a technical writer and editor at several major high-tech corporations. She has taught oral history writing workshops at the NYC Public Library--Chelsea Branch; and she has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at The New School in NYC, and community colleges in New York and New Mexico.
Janet’s poems have been published in many literary journals such as Berkeley Poetry Review (University of California), The Midwest Quarterly (Pittsburgh State University), Texas Review (Sam Houston State University), New York Quarterly, and G.W. Review (George Washington University)—among others. She has received awards from ASCAP, the Rio Grande Writers Association, and Bless Me Anima.
Day Laborers is Janet’s third published chapbook, and was a quarter finalist in the 2013 Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize. Janet is the author of two other published chapbooks: The Last Night in New York (Homeward Press), and Percipience (Cross Cut Saw Press, now CC. Marimbo). She has read her poems and performed via singing the spoken word all over the United States. Her website is IsleWrite.com
The cover images was provided by Kasey Neiss. It's her first cover for us. You can see more of her work at kaseyneiss.daportfolio.com.
--Gerald Nicosia
Janet Cannon is from the Boston area originally, but is now in Chico, CA area. Janet is a graduate of the University of Iowa where she also did graduate work. She has been an editor at Scholastic Books, and a technical writer and editor at several major high-tech corporations. She has taught oral history writing workshops at the NYC Public Library--Chelsea Branch; and she has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at The New School in NYC, and community colleges in New York and New Mexico.
Janet’s poems have been published in many literary journals such as Berkeley Poetry Review (University of California), The Midwest Quarterly (Pittsburgh State University), Texas Review (Sam Houston State University), New York Quarterly, and G.W. Review (George Washington University)—among others. She has received awards from ASCAP, the Rio Grande Writers Association, and Bless Me Anima.
Day Laborers is Janet’s third published chapbook, and was a quarter finalist in the 2013 Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize. Janet is the author of two other published chapbooks: The Last Night in New York (Homeward Press), and Percipience (Cross Cut Saw Press, now CC. Marimbo). She has read her poems and performed via singing the spoken word all over the United States. Her website is IsleWrite.com
The cover images was provided by Kasey Neiss. It's her first cover for us. You can see more of her work at kaseyneiss.daportfolio.com.