Jane Ormerod
Nashville Invades Manhattan
© 2007 Jane Ormerod (634479475986)
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Patti Smith and Sylvia Plath take Bowie's Diamond Dogs for walkies. Dark, surreal and sometimes humorous spoken word.
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"Her poems... discontinuous, imagistic, chant-like, wide-ranging in its references, sonically dense... challenge more traditional ways of putting a poem together. She made us sound old-fashioned, more, she made us sound artificial, our tidy methodical artefacts simulacra of reality, instead of the postmodern reality caught and then broadcast like a radio signal from her poems."
- Jee Leong Koh, Stories of a Reformed Headhunter, January 2008
“The cleverness and depth of Jane Ormerod's presentation both challenged and mesmerized the audience. Descriptive yet judicious and yet seductive is how I would describe her word choice and its affect on everyone.”
- Art Comments, July 2006
“A gritty and gutsy postmodern poet.”
- Metro Silicon Valley, January 2007
Born on the south coast of England, Jane Ormerod moved from London to New York City in January 2004. Her poetry and prose has appeared widely in US and UK publications including 21 Stars Review, Arsenic Lobster, Eratio Postmodern Poetry, Failbetter, Ginosko Literary Journal, Poetz.com, and Word Riot. An anthology "A Cautionary Tale: Seven New York Performing Poets" is published by Uphook Press in early 2008.
Jane is now a regular on the New York poetry and spoken word circuit, performing at venues such as Cornelia Street Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, The Stone, and Galapagos Art Space. In January 2007, she toured the west coast - from Vancouver, Canada, to San Jose - with Lisa Dewey as part of the Perpetual Motion Roadshow. She returned to California in August and is back again for more readings in February 2008. A reading in Utrecht, Netherlands is scheduled for March.
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Wow this is great! Jane's no hold barred poetry is haunting, realistic and acce
author: Steve CrossWow this is great! Jane's no hold barred poetry is haunting, realistic and accessible. Go for it!
Awesome!! Beautifully dark and intense - a real edge.
author: Jason SmithThis is the real thing. Sometimes dark, sometimes uplifting, but always intense. If you buy this only to listen to The Shadow, The Doubt and the Fury, you won't be disappointed.