Feather Press announces the launch of Sirenland, poet and artist Jennifer Barone's new collection featuring twenty-four original watercolor illustrations reproduced throughout, alongside color photographs. This poetry and art collection reimagines the sirens as radiant guardians of land, sea, and the Napoletani people — mystic mothers and keepers of thresholds.
A reclamation of personal lineage, Sirenland is a mythic conversation across time with the poet's ancestors from the Bay of Naples, Italy. Ancestral spirits rise from sea caves and memory as the poet reimagines the Italian diaspora with her grandparents as sirens, singing stories long submerged.
The ache of ancestral loss and immigration threads through grottos and sea caves of oracular whisper, as Vesuvio stirs with ancestral fire and the sea becomes a liminal realm of longing, alchemy, and rebirth. Though the sirens' voices have been silenced over centuries, these poems listen deeply, inviting their songs to be heard by all who are ready to receive them. Books will be available for purchase at the release event and through Feather Press.
Book Release Party & Reading
Friday June 5th, 2026, from 6:30-8:00pm, at Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133. Featuring a reading, book signing and live music by Duo Pizzicato.
About the Author
Jennifer Barone is an Italian-American poet and artist, with roots in the Bay of Naples, Italy. She is the author of four poetry collections, including Saporoso: Poems of Italian Food & Love, Feather Press. A two-time winner of the San Francisco Public Library’s Poets Eleven contest for North Beach, where Jennifer resides—a neighborhood known for its Italian heritage and a lineage of poets and artists. At Telegraph Hill Books / Libreria Pino, she curates and hosts Italian-English poetry readings, leads writing workshops, and hosts the Voices from the Hill podcast, interviewing SF Bay Area authors. Her work has been published in multiple literary journals, and featured at SFMOMA, de Young Museum, SFJAZZ Center, and Marin Poetry Center, among others.
You can find out more about Jennifer Barone at:
Website: jenniferbarone.wordpress.com
Instagram: @baronejenn
Facebook Page: Jennifer Barone Poetry
About Feather Press
Feather Press is an independent literary press dedicated to uplifting the voices of local poets, writers, and artists. We believe in creative abundance — that every individual carries a deep well of story, history, and lineage waiting to be expressed. Guided by a commitment to cultural and racial diversity, we support both emerging and established voices with care and intention. Through publications and community gatherings, Feather Press creates space for connection, celebration, and the shared power of story. We publish work that is honest, radiant, and real — work that refuses to shrink in a world asking us to harden.
