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Jennifer is an Italian-American poet and artist, born in Brooklyn, New York, with roots in the Bay of Naples, Italy. She is the author of four poetry collections including "Saporoso, Poems of Italian Food & Love," from Feather Press, and the creator of the original paintings featured in this book. A two-time winner of the San Francisco Public Library's "Poets Eleven" contest for North Beach, where Jennifer resides - a neighborhood known for its Italian heritage and a lineage of poets and artists. At Telegraph Hill Books and Libreria Pino, she curates and hosts Italian-English poetry readings, leads writing workshops, and hosts the "Voices From the Hill" podcast, interviewing SF Bay Area authors at telhilit.org/podcast. Her work has been published in literary journals, and featured at SF LitQuake, SFMOMA, de Young Museum, SF Public Library, Marin Poetry Center, Petaluma Poetry Walk, and the SF Jazz Poetry and Jazz Festival, among others. Visit: jenniferbarone.wordpress.com and on Instagram: @baronejenn