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Spoken Word PerformersMore links to come. Don't be sad. However, I'm not sure that I'm up to maintaining links to every queer writer in the world, and maybe I should just be listing venues and queer-friendly readings. What say you? My email: larrybob@io.comCharlie Girl Anders is the author of The Lazy Crossdresser, and is involved with the Writers With Drinks events and Other magazine. Athens Boys Choir -- spoken word from Katz, released on Demon Records. Samantha Barrow is a poet / spoken word performer based in Philadelphia. Blair is an Urban Folk Poet/Singer/Songwriter from Detroit, MI. Lynn Breedlove is the author of the book Godspeed and lead singer of the band Tribe 8. Rachel Kramer Bussel is a writer based in New York whose works include several books of lesbian erotica. Her website also contains links to New York readings. Clint Catalyst lives in Los Angeles and is the author of Cottonmouth Kisses. Staceyann Chin has performed as part of Def Comedy Jam as well as many other places. Sherilyn Connelly is a San Francisco-based writer and spoken word performer. Kimberly Dark travels far and wide performing stories that scandalize some audiences and affirm the very existence of others. Using frequent themes of gender, sexuality, poverty, privilege, parenting and education, her work blends humor, poetry, story-telling, education and social research to stimulate both social analysis and action. Will Davis is a spoken word performer based in Ohio who has a CD called "Diary of a Mad Domestic Partner." Darrah de jour is a Los Angeles-based writer, poet, and novelist with a monthly editorial column in LGBT dot Newsmagazine, Femme in the City. solidad decosta is a spoken word artist/performer/MC/author based in the Bay Area. kathleen delaney is a High Femme who performs Queer Hard-Core Porn Spoken Word, full-time slave, definite DIVA, whose provocative performances ignite, shock, challenge, and eroticize Butch/Femme, Queer, and BDSM dynamics! kathleen has been performing her special brand of Queer Southern Kink & Porn for several years in the Atlanta area, as well as touring both coasts. Kristyn Dunnion is a writer based in Toronto whose books include "Mosh Pit." She's toured with the Perpetual Motion Roadshow. Here's an article on the book. Jason Edwards is based in Austin, TX, and has been involved in the poetry slam scene. Cindy Emch is a writer based in San Francisco who hosts a twice-monthly open mic at the Three Dollar Bill Cafe at the LGBT Center. Finnegan the Poet is a bisexual queer American expatriate poet, writer and performance artist of Afro-Caribbean, Irish and Cuban descent. Originally from New York City he is on tour and is presently touring across the United States, after four years abroad in Europe . He also has a blog Sista Flame is a spoken word artist seeking to be added to a spoken word tour and poetry slam. Please visit http://www.sistaflame.bravehost.com and click on Digital downloads 2 listen to poetry. You can also visit http://www.purevolume.com then type in Sista Flame for artists, and her music should come up for you to listen too. You can also go to http://www.musicdistributors.com click on spoken word and you will see Sista Flame's spoken word music and cd's You can also go to http://www.radiofire.net to listen to her spoken word Ragan Fox is a spoken word performer now in Phoenix, Arizona. Ragan is the author of the book "Heterophobia." Dino Foxx, born and raised in San Antonio, lives his life as an actor, singer, dancer, writer, spoken word poet and activist. Daphne Gottlieb is a San Francisco-based performance poet and is the author of the books Final Girl, Why Things Burn, and Pelt. Tara Hardy is a femme dyke working class poet who lives, writes, and teaches in Seattle. She is the founder of Bent Writing Institute. Trebor Healey is a writer based in Los Angeles who is going to be doing an extensive tour for his new book "Through It Came Bright Colors" in the Fall of 2003. Thea Hillman is a San Francisco-based writer who is the author of Depending On The Light. Andy Horwitz is a Brooklyn based performer. He's done a solo show called Potty Mouth. Suzy La Follette is a performance poet who has toured witht the Siren's Iris Poetry Tour. Journey Light is a stud spoken word artist of color formerly from Georgia now based in Los Angeles. Luna Maia is a queer mestiza poet who lives in San Francisco. Cheryl Neill is a spoken word and music artist from Montreal, Canada. Alix Olson was a member of the 1998 Nuyorican National Championship Slam Team, and tours extensively. Evalyn Parry is a spoken word performer from Canada. Kirk Read is a writer who lives in San Francisco, where he currently co-hosts the monthly spoken word series Smack Dab. Check his tour dates page for details. Roo is an artist based in the North Carolia Research Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill). He has self-published a book titled Boy Parts and co-produced a demo CD called "Warble and Rant." Both are available at http://www.lulu.com/roo. Elizabeth Ruth is a novelist who curated the reading series Clit Lit in Toronto for five years. The series is no longer happening, but there is an anthology of writing from it called Bent On Writing. Ernesto Sarezale is a poet based in London, England. Pandora Scooter struggles with boxes of all kinds... she's a rhythmic ranter, a rhymescape philosopher, and a humanmamadyke. Julia Serano lives in Oakland, California, and is a writer, spoken word performer, and musician. Some of Pedro Angel Serrano's spoken word pieces are available at his website, www.oldwiseone.com Page of San Francisco-based poet horehound stillpoint at Suspect Thoughts. NEW URL: Lindsay Stone lives in Alabama and is a veteran of regional and national poetry slams. Michelle Tea lives in San Francisco and is the author of The Chelsea Whistle, Valencia, and that one with the long title. Here's another webpage about her. Elliot Torres is the author of the poetry collection "Five Years of Solitary" and "Undaunted: A Poetic Journey." He lives in NYC. Buddy Wakefield has done a 2-year spoken word tour and was 2002 Long Beach Grand Slam Champion. Also on MySpace. Tim'm West is a member of Deep Dickollective. He's now based in Washington, DC. Marvin K. White is the author of two Lambda Literary Award nominated collections of poetry, Nothin' Ugly Fly and Last Rights. Emanuel Xavier is the author of the books Americano, Christ-Like, and Pier Queen and is based in New York. He is the founder of the House of Xavier. He is the editor of the anthology "Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry" published by Suspect Thoughts Press in 2005. Kit Yan is a gender queer slam poet from Hawaii, now based on the East coast.
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Venues, etc.Listed vaguely west to east. SpokenWordArt.com has a spoken word blog, artist profiles, and videos. Queerwords.tribe.net is a networking and discussion area on queer publications, spoken word events, etc. Writer Lars Eighner has a list of gay bookstores and reading events at them.
Center for Sex and Culture hosts various events including readings, workshops, and writing groups. Gender Enders -- performance series featureing transgendered, intersexed and/or genderqueer artists and a queer open mic. All genders, sexualities, and identities are welcome at GenderEnders. (series is now concluded.) http://www.genderenders.com Jon Sims Center -- Now closed, but the space is now occupied by Center for Sex and Culture.
K'vetsh:
Perverts Put Out Poetry Flash is a newspaper and website which lists readings.
Queer Open Mic happens on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month,
signup at 7:30 pm, reading at 8 pm at the SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market St.
Hosts: Cindy Emch and Mollena Williams.
RADAR -- monthly reading series at the SF Public Library hosted by Michelle Tea. Library listings. Re-Tool and Grind -- FTM folks and friends open mic, first Wednesday of the month at Eros, 2051 Market St., sign up at 6:45, reading at 7 pm. San Francisco In Exile (SFinX): Showcases San Francisco's queer performing arts world. Has monthly performances, formerly at Jon Sims Center in San Francisco, most recently at Joe's Garage. (Not an open mic.) Events are recorded for the web archive. Sister Spit has done several nationwide spoken word tours. This is also the place to find out about the current projects of Sini Anderson. Also check out Sister Spit - The Next Generation, which will be touring in the fall of 2006 with Michelle Tea, Ali Liebegott, and a group of younger queer writers. http://www.sisterspitnextgen.com http://www.myspace.com/sisterspitnextgen SMAAC Youth Center in Oakland has had a youth spoken word series. Telephone SMAAC for more information. Smack Dab -- Open mike with features in the Castro hosted by Kirk Read and Larry-bob. It's monthly on the 3rd Wednesdays at 8 pm (7:30 pm signup) at Magnet, 4122 18th Street between Castro and Collingwood. For current features info, see listings on Queer Things To Do In San Francisco. Article from SFGate on the SF Queer Spoken Word scene (note that some events listed are no longer happening.) SF Bam -- general San Francisco area poetry announcement email list. SF Station Bay Area Spoken Word Listings Writers With Drinks has multi-genre readings in San Francisco and is a benefit for Other Magazine.
Fierce Words Tender, women's open mic, the second Saturday of every month, from 6:30 - 8:00 PM, at Sisterspirit Bookstore, 938 The Alameda, San Jose. (no longer happening.) http://www.angelfire.com/de/fierceness/
FIYAH! Queer Open Mic for San Jose.
(no longer happening, but check out other events at
MACLA)
A Different Light in West Hollywood has a gay men's writers series on the third Sunday of the month which has an open mic.
OR-A-TRIX is an all girl Seattle collective of slam performers, fiction aficionados, queer poet freaks and their collaboration of neurosis on stage. (Site no longer found.) Seattle Spit: Seattle's queer spoken word event. Every first Thursday, 8pm, at the Wild Rose (1021 E Pike on Capital Hill). For information contact seattlespit@speakeasy.net
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There are group queer poetry readings in Austin set up by Scott Wiggerman.
Patrick's Cabaret is a venue in Minneapolis.
Dyke Mic 2.0 is in a new incarnation starting in July 2007 at the Center on Halsted with Co-Hosts Nikki Patin and JT Newman There was a Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Slam at the 2003 National Poetry Slam Thursday August 7. http://www.nps2003.com/ HomoLatte (formerly Grinder): now 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. new location as of 2006 - Big Chicks / Tweet (Enter through Big Chicks/performance in Tweet space) 5024 N Sheridan 773-728-5511. all ages, $5 donation requested. Hosted by Scott Free. The Finger -- was an all-gender queer open mike and variety show hosted by Nomy Lamm and Jae Crue at Early to Bed, 5232 N. Sheridan, Chicago. No longer happening. Mouthy -- a queer girl spoken word tour based in Chicago with JT Newman, JenFish Superstar, Rose Tully, and Elizabeth Whitney.
K'vetsh Pittsburgh is organized by Beth Steidle and Paige McBee.
HIBISCUS: Bring your radical poems, drums, guitars, records, short films, dancers, and magic tricks. HIBISCUS is Philly's only queer open-mic. Make it happen, fight the power, blessed be. Every Second Sunday of the month, at The A-Space, 4705 Baltimore Avenue, West Philadelphia
Toronto Women's Bookstore lists events including Browngirlworld.
Bowery Poetry Club is a spoken word venue in New York -- http://www.bowerypoetry.com Pride Center of New Jersey is the place for Out of the Box, a monthly showcase on the third Friday of each month hosted by Pandora Scooter. Visit http://www.pandorascooter.com/news.html for features. Also see www.myspace.com/outofthemyspace Louderarts has readings, including on March 1st, 2004, Q2:Queer Too. NYC Literary Events lists readings in the New York City area. Also check for readings by Emanuel Xavier
The Gender Crash Performance Cafe is a spoken word event in Boston for queer, transgender and genderqueer folks. Writers With Drinks has happened in Cambridge. There have also been events in San Francisco.
Bar Wotever (Club Wotever's open-stage "sister" on Tuesdays): http://ingoinlondon.tripod.com/barwotever/ Behind the Mic has creative showcases and exclusive gigs with at a few venues in London, UK (including a specifically gay club) and host singer songwriters, comedians, performance poets, storytellers... basically anyone with something to express behind the mic! http://www.myspace.com/behindthemic06 Gay London Writers is a writing group in London. Pac-Man -- monthly gay hip-hop night in London. The Queer Storytelling Festival has a website at http://www.qsf.org.uk and has a monthly open mic in Brighton called "Gilded Butterflies." and Pas de Piaf on Wednesdays (organised by Queer Storytelling Festival's Tim Redfern): (click on "cabaret" on the qsf website) [website no longer works.] Check out Ernesto Sarezale's list of poetry events in London. Viva Cabaret website -- http://www.geocities.com/vivacabaret
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My websites: Holytitclamps.com: Non-mainstream queer culture. Queer Venues page might also be useful. Queer Calls for Submissions is good for those into the printed word. QComedy.com: Queer standup, improv, and sketch comedy. For information, email larrybob@io.com | ||||||||||||||||||||