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JP Howard aka Juliet P. Howard is a Cave Canem graduate fellow. She is the author of SAY/MIRROR, a debut poetry collection published by The Operating System (2016, 2nd expanded edition & 2015, 1st ed) and a chaplet "bury your love poems here" (Belladonna Collaborative*, 2015). SAY/MIRROR was a 2016 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist. JP is a winner of the 2016 Lambda Literary Foundation Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award. She curates and nurtures Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon (WWBPS), a forum offering women writers at all levels a venue to come together in a positive and supportive space. She is the recipient of a 2016 Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund Grant on behalf of the Salon. JP is an alum of the VONA/Voices Writers ...more

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	Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto (Editor), J.P. Howard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Candace Williams (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.34 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic by Mahogany L. Browne (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Idrissa Simmonds (Editor), Jamila Woods (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SAY/MIRROR: Poems and Histories 4.39 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry by Joanne V. Gabbin (Editor), Lauren K. Alleyne (Editor), Rita Dove (Foreword) 4.45 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brooklyn Poets Anthology by Jason Koo (Goodreads Author), Joe Pan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), J.P. Howard (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Happy Hours, LGBT Voices From the Gay Bars by S. Renée Bess (Goodreads Author), Lee Lynch (Goodreads Author), James Schwartz (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul Sister Revue: A Poetry Compilation by Cynthia Manick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hanif Abdurraqib (Contributor), Rico Frederick (Illustrator) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos by Maureen Seaton (Editor), Neil De La Flor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.P. Howard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sinister Wisdom 107: Black Lesbians -- We Are the Revolution! by J.P. Howard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amber Atiya (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's All About Shoes by Pamela Laskin (Goodreads Author), J.P. Howard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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