colors, and words
Jana Zvibleman
Pronounced J (as in J) ana (rhymes with bandana) ZWEE bel mn.
Jana Zvibleman is the poet laureate of her backyard, which currently lies amidst the Oregon mountains. A storyteller by heredity, she has collaborated with sculptors, painters, actors, buskers, and a flugelhornist. She bursts into story anywhere from on her couch to a river path. She was featured on The Moth Storytelling mainstage. Jana is also a photographer, essayist, artist-on-the-loose, playwright, and teacher of writing, the Montessori approach for parents, and other life-saving techniques. Her work can be found in literary journals, chapbooks, anthologies, magazines, and t-shirts.
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BOOKS​​
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Irelandish
by Jana Zvibleman
Released August 2024
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Affection is a theme throughout this travel memoir, as two American blow-ins zigzag through the land of the redheads. For those who know Ireland, you'll laugh, sigh, and nod. If you've yet to visit, you'll be inspired to turn over even the quirky stones. If vicarious travel is your thing, these endearing stories will bring you on a journey that is foot-tapping, cliff-hanging, and lumpy-bedded.
THE BAD MOTHERS
by Jana Zvibleman
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The Milk-and-Cookies mothers. The Much-Too-Busy mothers. The Wire-Monkey-Surrogate-Mothers, providing milk but no fur...Every kind of mother, no matter how well-meaning, whether gracious or worried or big-hippo-critical, is likely to be blamed at some point for not doing it right. In this, their own story, our world's so-called Bad Mothers escape the pointing fingers and come into themselves. Here is their long-overdue, hilarious celebration.
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"All of these bad mothers are me," say some women.
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"I'm certainly not a bad mother," others say. "But, let me tell you about my mother!"
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The author's "get it?" musings enhance the important conversation about our stereotypes, expectations, and potential.
bruyote tales
by Jana Zvibleman
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Romping stories about the Native American trickster figure Coyote, but in the guise of the author's true love, Bruce (bru-O-tee). The modern hero/scoundrel/force-of-nature/fool creates a sports car, cares for a new being, hangs out in a coffee shop, all while flummoxing his family and friends. This collection will delight, plus can serve as inspiration for creating your own life's fables.
Other published work by Jana
Her short story "Bucket of Water" is in the Wising Up Press anthology "The Kindness of Strangers"
Her poem "Jennifer Said" is in the Wising Up Press Anthology "Surprised by Joy"
Recordings of her reading several of her poems is on the Oregon Poetic Voices site
Her poem "when she is 18" is in Calyx, Volume 9:1
and Florilegia, the ten-year retrospective anthology
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jana's blog
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Jana has launched a new way to share. Stories, personal essays, photos, drawings, and more artsiness, as well as announcements of events, are posted irregularly on her blog. CLICK HERE to read and view Jana's content.
Contact Jana directly at janazbooks@gmail.com