Artist description Janet Buck has a Ph.D. in English and teaches writing and literature at the college level. Her poetry, poetics, and fiction have appeared in A Writer's Choice, Born Magazine, Stirring, The Melic Review, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Kimera, The Rose & Thorn, 2River View, Southern Ocean Review, Urban Spaghetti, Perihelion, Mind Fire, San Francisco Salvo, Apples & Oranges, Ceteris Paribus, In Motion, Pogonip, Peshekee Review, Thunder Sandwich, The Suisun Valley Review, The Red Booth Review, The Poetry Kit, Miserere, Niederngasse, Lynx: Poetry from Bath, The Horsethief's Journal, salon D'Art, Pif, The Dragonfly Review, Morpo, Recursive Angel, Big Bridge, Eclectica, Pith, La Petite Zine, EWG Presents, and hundreds of journals world-wide. In 1998, 1999, and 2000, she has won numerous creative writing awards and been a featured poet for Seeker Magazine, Poetry Today Online, Vortex, Conspire, Poetry Cafe, Dead Letters, the storyteller, Poetry Heaven, Athens City Times, Poetic License, 3:00 AM e-zine, Poetry Super Highway, Carved in Sand, PoetryMagazine.com, Beachfire Gathering, and Cafe Society. Two of Buck's poems have been nominated for this year's Pushcart Prize in Poetry and she is a recent recipient of The H.G. Wells Award for Literary Excellence.In December 1999, Newton's Baby Press released her first print collection of poetry entitled Calamity's Quilt at :http://www.newtonsbaby.com/calamity.html Janet is one of ten U.S. poets to be featured at the "One Heart, One World" Exhibit at the United Nations Exhibit Hall in New York City in April, 2000. Her poem "Acrylic Thighs" was translated into five languages and paired with original artwork. The tour will travel to France, Australia, Vietnam, Brazil, and Japan.Janet's first e-book of poetry, entitled Reefs We Live, is now available at Word Wrangler Publishing: http://www.wordwrangler.com. In May 2000, Word Wrangler released Buck's first e-book of humor entitled Desideratum's Doggie Dish. It contains what critics have called a "biting, hilarious, and original look at the roles of men and women, the foibles of bureaucracy, and the hubris of academia." To order a copy, go to: http://www.wordwrangler.com/desideratum.html In September 2000, she will be on a reading tour in the Seattle Area, including a feature at The Hugo House and Barnes & Noble. Buck is currently on the editing and review panel for the up-coming book: Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul.

Music Style Poetry

Artist History Janet's large body of published work now includes a CD of her readings backed by original music. The musical contributors are friends and associates of David Jackson's ARTVILLA art and poetry web site.

Group Members David Michael Jackson: The insigator; He began the ARTVILLA as an outlet for his art and music. It has grown and established a large community of art and music friends. Dave performed the music for most of the tracks on the album combining keyboard, guitar and bass guitar skills.Chris Carmichael (http://www.artvilla.com/carmichael): Professional studio and tour musician. Performs guitar, bass guitar, electronic keyboard, precussion...and much more.Andy Derryberry: Not a poet, but enjoys poetry and music together. Performs guitar, base guitar and precussion.

Albums Before the Rose

Press Reviews Dear Friends & Artists:Art Villa Records is proud to announce Janet I. Buck's new CD of poetryand music entitled Before the Rose. The CD contains 16 tracks of originalpoetry recorded by the author in a professional sound studio and set to the movingmusical scores of David Jackson, Chris Carmichael (a fiddler in KathyMattea's band), and Andy Derryberry.Art Villa is an internet institution designed to foster, feed, and sharethe creativity of current writers and artists. The popularity of this site hassoared, with over a million hits in the last year alone. David Jackson, atthe helm of Art Villa, an accomplished poet, musician, and painter in hisown right, is dedicating his life to making poetry accessible, approachable,and appreciated. According to Jackson, "poetry (indeed all art) should leavethe limited confines of libraries, museums, and classrooms and become anintegral part of our everyday lives."Before the Rose is the perfect companion on a road trip, in a traffic jam,or just soothing background for a long, hot bath. It's also a great Valentine'sDay or birthday gift.Ward Kelley says, "Buck's work is a metaphor for the human condition...Herpoems tilt the heart and find the crevices of the soul, where wisdomlives."

Location Medford, OR - USA

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