Jean-Vi Lenthe

Jean-Vi Lenthe

The Evergreen State College, BA, 1975

I've been writing constantly since graduation but most recently have published a 6-CD audiobook, two of which I donated to the Evergreen library in 2004 ("The ODASea: A Night Sea Journey"). I started a small audiobook publishing company called Wild Hare Press (www.wildharepress.com) which has samples of "The ODASea." I've also done a series of radio shows on gay/lesbian/bi writers ("Song of Ourselves") for an NPR affiliate, and all of those shows are available on my website.

In the early 80s I co-managed, emceed, and performed at a performance art cabaret in Seattle called the Kit Kat Club. In 1991 I received an M.A. in Poetics from New College of California (San Francisco). My masters thesis ("The Poetics of Voudoun") is about the transmission of African spirituality through the Caribbean to the southern United States via the oral tradition. (A digital copy is available upon request.)

After living for 18 years in formerly beautiful and pastoral Sonoma County, California, I relocated to the mountains of northern New Mexico (Taos) in September 2005. I am currently in the process of resurrecting my audiobook publishing studio and expect to begin recording "Adventures with the Wild Hare" later this year. "Adventures" is a series of global travelogues and observations of alternative American cultures. I'm also working on a longish performance monologue entitled "The Otter's Tale," which combines video, music, and live reading. I expect to finish this in 2007 and begin performing it in 2008.