Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Jeanann Verlee performs "Leaving Lena" from her 2nd book "Said the Manic to the Muse" available on Write Blood Publishing. Verlee has represented New York City six times at the National Poetry Slam under two of the most highly-regarded poetry performance series in the nation: Urbana Poetry Slam and The louderARTS Project. Verlee was an NPS Finalist in 2008, was the 2009 and 2013 Urbana iWPS Champion, and has represented both Urbana and louderARTS multiple times at Women of the World Poetry Slam. She is former director of the Urbana Poetry Slam reading series, where she also served as writing and performance coach. Verlee has performed and facilitated workshops at schools, theatres, libraries, bookstores, dive bars and poetry venues across North America.
Jeanann Verlee performs "Leaving Lena" from her 2nd book "Said the Manic to the Muse" available on Write Blood Publishing. Verlee has represented New York City six times at the National Poetry Slam under two of the most highly-regarded poetry performance series in the nation: Urbana Poetry Slam and The louderARTS Project. Verlee was an NPS Finalist in 2008, was the 2009 and 2013 Urbana iWPS Champion, and has represented both Urbana and louderARTS multiple times at Women of the World Poetry Slam. She is former director of the Urbana Poetry Slam reading series, where she also served as writing and performance coach. Verlee has performed and facilitated workshops at schools, theatres, libraries, bookstores, dive bars and poetry venues across North America.
