Press

Comments on Jean Howard’s Work

“… forget your ideas about what poetry is or isn’t. this artist has walked on dangerous ground, emerged from the dark depths of the mind to tell us what she has seen. It makes for powerful stuff … It dives headlong through the shadowy world of the poetic and psychotic, where fears become dreams become realities, showing us just how easily … the boundaries can be blurred.”
– Jane Roberti /Chicago Jazz & Blues News

“Jean Howard’s poetry is lively with meticulous images and . . . rhythms . . . her poetry is readily involving.”
– Gwendolyn Brooks/Pulitzer Prize Winner and Illinois Poet Laureate

City Weekly newspaper headline with angry woman.

“Jean Howard puts words to human chaos . . . ”
– Joanne Trestrail/Managing Editor – Chicago Magazine

“Jean Howard’s words actualize the exquisite growing of the grass and melting of the snow, conveying vividly and sensually the never-ending activity which trembles beneath the surface stillness of nature and of the human heart.”
– Mary Shen Barnidge/The Reader

“Chicago performance poet Jean Howard has produced a first book of amazing quality and depth that bites you in the ass. Come closer if you dare.”
– Daniel Gallick/Letter X Poetry Newsletter

Press

Poetry Press

  • Arts & Show – Chicago Sun-Times / April 1, 1997
  • Inside Art Flyer – February 21, 1995
  • Straight Up - Chicago Tribune Mag / Oct. 20th, 1991
  • “What Are You Afraid Of?” - Chicago Tribune / June 15, 1988
  • Skin Pics - Reader / June 20, 1986
  • The Beat Goes On - Post-Tribune
  • Book Review - Letter EX Chicago’s Poetry News Magazine
  • Performance Poet Shakes Up
  • Stereotype - Salt Lake Tribune
  • Poetry at the Leonardo – Salt Lake Tribune / Dec 8, 2008
  • Sundance Poetry Dress Performance - Sundance Film Festival Daily / Jan 15, 2004
  • From Page to Stage – Salt Lake City Weekly / July 31, 2003
  • Performance Artist Returns to Utah Home – The Park City Record / Nov. 19, 1992
  • Off The Page & In Your Face – Salt Lake City Magazine / May/June 1993
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Slam Poetry Press

  • Slam Dance - New City Feature / Aug. 12, 1999
  • Poetry With an Attitude - The Salt Lake Tribune / Nov. 17, 1995
  • The Boozer as Critic - The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 14, 1987
  • Performance Art Hits Bars - Los Angeles Times / Nov. 25, 1986
  • Slam Poetry Fund-raiser with Utah Poet Laureate Ken Brewer- Salt Lake Tribune / June 4,2004
  • Bard of Barflies Keeps Slamming – Slat Lake Tribune / Nov. 17, 1995

Video Poetry Press

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Biker Poetry Press