Jeanette Powers is your regular whirling dervish eating a cadence of circling sharks. She is the programming director of performance art venue, Arts Bar. She is co-creator of Spartan Press' innovative series, POP Poetry: #12poetsin12months hosted by Prospero's Books. She is editor in abetting at Stubborn Mule Press with a focus on featuring critical, modern, revolutionary voices whose books transcend typical formatting and typography. She most recently has been awarded an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant and two Artist in Residencies: Osage Arts Community in the Missouri Ozarks and Red Gate Residency in Beijing, China. jeanettepowers.com