Jean LeBlancJean LeBlanc grew up in Massachusetts midway between Henry David Thoreau and Emily Dickinson. After moving to northwestern New Jersey in 1994, she taught college writing and literature for twenty-five years. Her poetry appears in numerous journals an collections, including Terrible Terrain: Poems Inspired by the Life of Lavinia Dickinson (Shanti Arts, 2023). A vibrant local poetry community keeps her inspired, especially the Writers' Roundtable of Sussex County, New Jersey, and the Betty June Silconas Poetry Center, of which she is a past director. She also explores the transformative power of imagery using collage, asemic writing, and other visual media. Read More Read Less