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Born on the south coast of England, spoken word artist Jane Ormerod now lives in New York City. Originally a painter, Jane switched to writing and performance as a result of a bet. A CD “Nashville Invades Manhattan” (available on CDBaby)was released in 2007 and Jane’s work can also be found in numerous US and UK publications such as O Sweet Flowery Roses, Inscribed, 21 Stars Review, BigCityLit, Whatever Literary Journal, Night Train, Ginosko Literary Review, Word Riot, Arsenic Lobster, Failbetter and Unpleasant Event Schedule. "A Cautionary Tale", an antholgy of seven New York performing poets, was published by Uphook Press in early 2008. A chapbook "11 Films" appeared October 2008 from Modern Metrics.
In New York Jane regularly performs at venues such as The Cornelia Street Café, Bowery Poetry Club, Galapagos Art Space, and The Stone. She toured the west coast - from Vancouver, Canada, to San Jose, California - in January 2007 with Lisa Dewey as part of the Perpetual Motion Roadshow. She returned to California in August and again in February 2008. Other 2008 readings covered Philadelphia, Boston, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, the Salon des Mots series in Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2009 dates include San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Portland.
Jane is a founding editor of Uphook Press and also the host and curator of the occasional interactive poetry and spoken word series Emotional Rescue at The Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City.

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Damn, it was good

Last night at the Knitting Factory ... think it was maybe the best I've ever performed. Every band, reader, musician just rocked.
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:12:00 GMT

Emotional Rescue Nov 30th

Emotional RescueLust, anger and confusion. Four poets and performers face their audience.Joel Allegretti, Samantha Barrow, Robert Gibbons, and Ice shake up the downtown scene with this interactive rea...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:18:00 GMT

11 Films, 11 Films, 11 Films

OK, I'm just very happy and proud. My chapbook "11 Films" is about to published by Modern Metrics and the launch is this Wednesday 22nd Oct at The Cornelia Street Cafe. It all looks very splendid.
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Saturday night in SoHo, Sat Sept 20th

The last Uphook Press reading was probably the best ever so I'm really looking forward to our next. It's at the beautiful Dactyl Foundation gallery space at 64 Grand St (btw Wooster and West Broadway)...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:33:00 GMT

Emotional Rescue - June 23rd

So excited about the next Emotional Rescue at The Cornelia Street Cafe this Monday, June 23rd. I've got a killer line up of scary, erotic, intense, clever, crazy, super talented performers.... Readers...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:08:00 GMT

Back in town with good news

Just got back from my Dutch adventures. The Salon des Mots reading series at the Hofman Cafe in Utrecht was wonderful. A really talented bunch of  international performers. Arrived home and ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:19:00 GMT

Night Train publication

Two of my favorite poems "Spellbound" and "Mindapologies" have just appeared in Night Train, Issue 8.1. http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/contents.php
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:18:00 GMT

New Anthology just out

The anthology "A Cautionary Tale: Seven New York Performing Poets" is finally out.   www.uphookpress.com Readings to promote it coming up in Kingston, PA (April 18th), Philadelphia (April 22...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:50:00 GMT

Emotional Rescue

Monday March 10th, 6-8pm Jee Leong Koh, Iris N. Schwartz, Phyllis Talley, Jack Wiler I'm hosting an evening of four super-talented poets at The Cornelia Street Cafe here in New York. It's a ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:35:00 GMT

extra extra

The wonderful Jackie Sheeler has some videos from the "Jackie Sheeler and Friends" night on her MySpace blog http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendid=313656242 Apa...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:15:00 GMT