Four femme poets are featured in the first Stubborn Mule Press anthology: Dianne Borsenik, Juliet Cook, Puma Perl, and Jeanette Powers.
Dianne Borsenik is active in the northern Ohio poetry scene and regional reading circuit; she recently featured in “We’re No Angels” (Speak of the Devil, Lorain, Ohio) and “2 Chefs & a Beat: Poetic Justice Edition” (Porco Lounge and Tiki Room, Cleveland, Ohio). Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Chiron Review, Main Street Rag, Resurrection River Poems (Wick Poetry Center, 2019) and A Rustling and Waking Within (Ohio Poetry Association, 2017); recent books include Raga for What Comes Next (Stubborn Mule Press, 2019), and Age of Aquarius (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017). Actor Jonathan Frid used three of her poems in his live show Genesis of Evil, and Lit Youngstown printed her poem “Disco” on their tee shirts, which makes her feel like a rock star. Borsenik is editor/publisher at NightBallet Press, and lives in Elyria, Ohio. Find her on Facebook and at www.dianneborsenik.com.
Juliet Cook’s poetry has appeared in a small multitude of magazines. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, recently including From One Ruined Human to Another (Cringe-Worthy Poets Collective, 2018), DARK PURPLE INTERSECTIONS (inside my Black Doll Head Irises) (Blood Pudding Press for Dusie Kollektiv 9, 2019), and Another Set of Ripped-Out Bloody Pigtails (The Poet’s Haven, 2019). She also another chapbook forthcoming, the rabbits with red eyes (forthcoming from ethel).
Cook’s first full-length individual poetry book, Horrific Confection was published by BlazeVOX. Her more recent full-length poetry book, A Red Witch, Every Which Way, was a collaboration with j/j hastain published by Hysterical Books in 2016. Her most recent full-length individual poetry book, Malformed Confetti was published by Crisis Chronicles Press in 2018. Cook also sometimes creates abstract painting collage art hybrid creatures. Find out more at julietcook.weebly.com
Puma Perl is a widely published poet and writer, as well as a performer and producer. She is the author of two chapbooks, Ruby True and Belinda and Her Friends, and two full-length poetry collections, knuckle tattoos, and Retrograde, (great weather for MEDIA.) A fifth, Birthdays Before and After (Beyond Baroque) is due for release in 2019. She is the creator, curator, and producer of Puma Perl’s Pandemonium, which launched at the Bowery Electric in 2012 and brings spoken word together with rock and roll. As Puma Perl and Friends, she performs regularly with a group of excellent musicians. She’s received two honorable mentions and one first place award from the New York Press Association in recognition of her journalism and was the recipient of the 2016 Acker Award in the category of writing; she lives and works on the Lower East.
A comprehensive list of video links and updates on events can be found on her blog: pumaperl.blogspot.com
Jeanette Powers is a writer-artist, working-class anarchist and listener of rivers and bats. They mess around, mostly, and have a hard time doing anything that doesn’t bring joy. Powers is a founding editor of Stubborn Mule Press and an organizer for FountainVerse: KC Small Press Poetry Fest. They are also an art barista for Fictional Cafe and the singular subversive voice of Spartan Press’ developmental editing. JP and JR make most of their decisions tits deep in the Gasconade River. What else? Their gender identity is currently holy person and their dog died this year which still hurts brutally. This book is for Ollymas. @dada_ahha and jeanettepowers.com
