Janet Cannon is from the Boston area originally and she has lived in Manhattan, San Francisco, Taos, Tucson, and Seattle. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa where she also did graduate work. Janet has been an editor at Scholastic Books, and a technical writer and editor at several major corporations. She has taught creative writing, poetry, and oral history workshops at all age levels from grammar school to senior citizens. Among other teaching experiences, Janet has taught oral history workshops for the NYC Library (Chelsea Branch). In NYC she also taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at CUNY community colleges and the New School for Social Research. Janet Cannon’s poems have been published in many literary magazines and journals, and she is the author of two published chapbooks. She has read her poems and performed extensively across the country. Cannon also plays the Q-Chord and accompanies herself as she sings her poems. In addition to this listing in the Poets & Writers Directory of Writers, Janet is listed in Vesta’s Who’s Who of North American Poets, and Who’s Who in Writers, Editors, & Poets. She has received poetry awards from The Rio Grande Writers’ Association and Bless Me Anima (NM Arts grant to PAC), and a Performer’s Award from ASCAP. Janet Cannon’s Web site is: http://www.IsleWrite.com

The Last Night in New York (Homeward, 1984), Percipience (Cross Cut Saw Unlimited, 1975)

Beatitude, Berkeley Poetry Review, Big Scream, Byline, Connecticut River Review, Croton Review, Earth First, Exit 13, George Washington Review, Helicon Nine, Howling Dog, Long Shot, New Blood, New Mexico Humanities Review, New York Quarterly, Open 24 Hours, Ormfaer, Passaic Review, Pastiche, Planet Detroit, Potato Eyes, San Marcos Review, Slant: A Journal of Poetry, Snippets, Stroker Magazine, Sub Rosa, The Kerf, The Texas Review, Waterways, Wheelhouse