Jacalyn Evone Robinson known professionally as Jacalyn Eyvonne is an African-American poet and filmmaker.[1] She serves concurrently with Kathleen Herrmann as poet laureate of Vallejo, California.[2] Like their predecessors, Herrmann and Eyvonne host the Poetry in Notion poetry circle at the John F. Kennedy Library in Vallejo.[3] The co-poets laureate plan to create a youth anthology in cooperation with the Vallejo Unified School District.[4] The two poets have also performed together at the Mad Hatter Holiday Festival.[3] Eyvonne is the author of 3 books, and her poems have appeared in anthologies in North America and the United Kingdom.[1] In 2022 she placed second in the Jackson Book Festival poetry competition.[5] In the 1990s she edited the magazine In the Company of Poets based in Oakland, California.[2][6][7] Eyvonne earned her B.A. in Motion Pictures & Television from the Academy of Art University at San Francisco. She is a television producer at Vallejo Community Access Television, and the station awarded her film Arc Angels with Best Feature in 2018.[8] Eyvonne is the founder of the Poetry and Monologues[2] and KidsNFilm film festivals.[9] On February 13, 2017, she was honored by the Indiana House of Representatives in Indiana House Resolution 18 for her film Stripes when it appeared at the Bill Johnson Black Film Festival.[10] She served as a judge for the 2017 North Bay Art & Film Festival.[11]

Works

Books

  • Strange Things Happen At Midnight: Murder, Suspense, and Short Weird Tales, JE Books. 2020. ISBN 9781735493626
  • I Am Not An Inconsequential Word: Poetry & Remnants JE Books. 2022. ISBN 9781735493633
  • Venting To Verse: How To Turn Anger Into Poetry JE Books. 2023. ISBN 9781735493664

Poems

  • Robinson, Jacalyn, “It’s Magic!” Oakland Tribune, November 12, 1991, pg D-2[12]

Anthologies

  • Sistah’s With Ink Voices, CreateSpace, 2013, ISBN 9781491087503
  • Wheelsong Poetry Anthology 3, Wheelsong Books, United Kingdom, 2023, ISBN 9798860877658


See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Two women to serve as Vallejo's poets laureate". Fairfield Daily Republic. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vallejo appoints two poets laureate in historic first". Vallejo Times Herald. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Zimmermann, Gretchen (29 November 2023). "New co-poets laureate want to bring Vallejo together through poetry". The Vallejo Sun. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Meyer, Karenna (9 January 2024). "New poets laureate plan to reinvigorate Vallejo poetry circle". Vallejo Times Herald. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Directory of Literary Magazines. Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. 2000. p. 114. ISBN 9781559212397. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Council of Literary Magazines and Presses Directory of Literary Magazines 1999. Moyer Bell. 1999. p. 119. ISBN 9781559212694. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Late Vallejo filmmaker remembered at awards show". Vallejo Times Herald. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Gase, Thomas (28 September 2019). "Kids 'act' the part at Kids N Film workshop in Vallejo". Vallejo Times Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Indiana. General Assembly., House of Representatives (February 13, 2017). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana, Vol 120. State Printer. p. 180. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Second Annual North Bay Art & Film Festival October 6-8". Benicia Magazine. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Robinson, Jacalyn (12 November 1991). "It's Magic". The Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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