Author Description

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 co