My Own Silence

by Jeanne Powell

Poetry. African American Studies. Women's Studies. At a time when the confessional mode has banished American poetry to one vast self- mirroring island, the work of Jeanne Powell nudges us again and again to break out of our little selves. Whether celebrating the triumphs of Australia's champion aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman, berating a hellish vacation in the Sierra foothills, disclosing the subtle and not so subtle pain of social injustice, or commemorating the powerful, dancing mother reared in the big band swing era, Powell rocks. Unfailingly, the open-hearted spirit of her prose and poetry allows us the re- experience our membership in one another.--Al Young, California Poet Laureate Emeritus

107 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2014

About the author

Dr. Jeanne was born in New York, raised in Michigan, and now lives in California.

She earned degrees from Wayne State University and University of San Francisco.

She writes poems, short fiction, stage plays and essays. Her books in print are MY OWN SILENCE, WORD DANCING, TWO SEASONS and DEEPLY NOTCHED LEAVES from Taurean Horn Press.

CAROUSEL is her collection of essays from Regent Press.

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Reviews

[Connie Pwll Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeanne Powell's poems make the reader feel they are inside the speaker -- so real. I think most readers are really secretly curious to know all about the other people they meet -- the things that have happened to them, the feelings they have felt. These are poems that push the reader to the heart of the story and make the protagonist live.