Writing & Press

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Poems & Essays

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Press & Recognitions

All the Bad Girls Wear Russian AccentsLucky Jefferson, 2022 MIT Technology Review — Data Poetry Feature2025 You are 600% hotter than the SunCathexis NW Press, 2024Best of the Net Nominee KPBS Midday Edition — On-air Interview2023 For Those of Us Forced to FleeThe Good Life Review, 2022Honeybee Poetry Prize Winner National Federation of Press Women — First Place (Verse)2025 Why do YOU love Taylor Swift?Whale Road Review, 2025 San Diego Writers Festival — Poetry Collection of the Year2024 Venigret, a recipe for disasterPunctured Lines, 2023 Middle West Press — First Place (War Poetry)2025

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Books

All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents book cover

All the Bad Girls Wear Russian AccentsBuy→ Amazon · Kelsay Books

“Crackling humor... delightful flavors of childhood, and tender celebration of our common humanity.”

— Ari Honarvar, Nautilus Book Award Winner

“For anyone who has fought for the right to love, celebrate, and be themselves.”

— Reader's Favorite, 5 Star Review

“In beautiful, intimate language, Jane Muschenetz reminds us that despite our apparent differences in background, color and religion, we are all brothers and sisters, sharing a world where we are all strangers.”

— John Guzlowski, Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Poetry and Eric Hoffer/Montaigne Award

POWER POINTBuy→ Amazon · Sheila-Na-Gig

“Fascinating... strong and timely collection, worthy of first place in this category! Excellent work.”

— National Federation of Press Women

“Astonishing... Muschenetz calls the U.S. to account for injustices against women and girls... while still offering us humor, beauty, and hope for the future.”

— Katie Manning, Whale Road Review

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Projects

Palm Frond Zoo

Folk and family art focused on sparking delight and creativity in unexpected places.

Table M

Food and travel blog featuring recipes and adventures of Ingo and Jane Muschenetz.

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Biography

Author and artist Jane Yevgenia Muschenetz fled Soviet Ukraine for the United States as a child. Her work spans poetry, public speaking, and visual art with a focus on legitimacy, civic ethics, and the narratives that hold economic and human systems together.

Her work appears in MIT Technology Review, KPBS Midday Edition, Spoken Word Paris, and elsewhere. Recent honors include first place in the 2025 National Press Women Communications Prize and San Diego Writers Festival's 2024 Poetry Collection of the Year. Jane earned her MBA from MIT Sloan and her BA in Political Science from UC San Diego.