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Wess Mongo Jolley

Poet, and Performance Poetry Promoter

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Wess Mongo Jolley is a poet and poetry promoter living in Vermont.  He produces and hosts the IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel podcast, and is the Founder and President of the Performance Poetry Preservation Project.  His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Off The Coast, PANK, The New Verse News, Danse Macabre, The November 3rd Club, The Legendary, decomP, and in the Write Bloody Press book The Good Things About America. He lives on a ten acre parcel in rural Vermont, with his partner, various members of  his clan, a failing vegetable garden, and an unidentified monster that has been known to chase visitors out of the woods.  He is an urban poet, trapped in a rural body. He can be found on the internet at http://mongopoet.com, and at mongo@indiefeed.com

Recent News:

August 4, 2011: Site News

I am moving this site off my old provider, and into a new SharePoint based server (through Office 365).  So please be patient as I migrate off the old content.  I hope to have it all here shortly!


November 1 , 2010: Site News

P4 is really developing, thanks to the dedication of Tom Bouliane and Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz! Check out the draft project document here: The Performance Poetry Preservation Project (P4).


February 3, 2009:

My poem "Emily's Legacy" is getting some good distribution. It has appeared in the new available volume from Write Bloody Press: The Good Things About America. It was also featured (thanks to my dear friend and muse Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, as the 501st episode of my podcast.)


In that same vein, I'm pleased to have been able to offer, through special Arrangement with the Allen Ginsberg Trust, the full recording of Howl (for Carl Solomon) as an extended show number 500 on the podcast. Check it out and subscribe!