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Jane LeCroy [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
janelecroy@earthlink.net
Bio: 

JANE LECROY is a NYC based poet, singer, performance artist, and home-birthing mother of 3, who serves the poetry gods.  Among her many publications and recordings, her chapbook, “Names”, was published by the art-book house, Booklyn, in the award winning, ABC chapbook series, that was purchased by the Library of Congress along with her braid!  Three Rooms Press published, “Signature Play", a multimedia book of lyrical poems, including a nomination for a Pushcart Prize. Pink Trees Press published a full-length poetry collection, “Spellbook of Ordinary Mistakes." The Smithsonian has many of her poems included in their Fast Folk archive, all available through the Smithsonian. She fronts the avant-pop band, The Icebergs, and the spontaneous experimental music project, Ω▽Ohmslice. She has toured with the SanFrancisco based, all women’s poetry troupe, “Sister Spit”.  She also performs as a featured character in the immersive theater experience, “Poetry Brothel NYC”.  Jane teaches poetry all over NYC from the elementary level through university, and publishes student work.

The Icebergs, and Ω▽Ohmslice, both on www.ImaginatorRecords.com [2]  AVAILABLE everywhere you stream music; grab the Icebergs latest record, ADD VICE, on your favorite streaming platform right now! https://album.link/qw0hccffw3450 [3]

@janelecroy

@the_icebergs_nyc

@ohmslice.nyc 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Rumi, Kenneth Patchen, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, E. E. Cummings, Langston Hughes, Valerie Worth, Robet Frost, Billy Collins, Fernando Pessoa, Rainer Maria Rilke, Federico Garcia Lorca, Wislawa Szymborska, Edna St. Vincent Millay, May Swenson, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Rita Dove, Richard Brautigan, Anne Sexton, Anais Nin, Ralph Ellison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Nyack, NY
New York
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Any
At Risk Youth
Children
Incarcerated Individuals
LGBTQ
Naturalists/Environmentalists
Parents
Schools
Seniors
Teachers
Teenagers

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/jane_lecroy

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/jane_lecroy [2] http://www.ImaginatorRecords.com [3] https://album.link/qw0hccffw3450