Jodi Vander Molen has been reading poetry around Madison since spring of 2001, grew up on a farm, and has kept a journal for 22 years.
She has read in conjunction with Rainbow Bookstore's "Subversive Word" series, along with other local women poets at A Room of One's Own feminist bookstore, and was a poetry editor at Premiere Generation Ink, a local publisher of poetry, art, photography, spoken word, and video.
She has written for The Progressive magazine, where she also works as a fundraiser and proofreader, and won an honorable mention for her short story "Watcher, Watched" in the 2004 Wisconsin Book Festival's 24-Hour Writing contest.
Jodi is a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Hessen-Wisconsin Writers, and is a supporter of PEN, an association of writers working to advance literature, defend freedom of speech, and foster international literary fellowship.