POSTPONED DUE TO BACK SURGERY -- INSTEAD, MK CHAVEZ WILL READ WITH STEVE ARNTSON.
Monday, February 11, 2008, 7 PM to 9 PM. Co-feature with Steve Arntson with open mic (microphone provided), hosted by Jeanne Powell, at It's a Grind Coffee House, 1800 Polk St. at the corner of Washington, San Francisco. Take BART to Civic Center. Cross the street and take the #19 bus. Get off at the bus stop in front of Orpheum Stage Theater.
Jan Steckel
Julie Enszer
Merry Gangemi
Nicki Hastie
Monday, August 18, 2008, at 7 PM. Co-feature: The Women of Woman-Stirred plus open mic at Poetry Express, hosted by Mark States, Nance Wogan and Jim Barnard. Priya Indian Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. (near University Ave.), Berkeley, CA. 510-644-3977. Ask for special seating for poetry reading; 20% off dinner.
The Women of Woman-Stirred queer women's writing collective are Nicki Hastie, Merry Gangemi, Julie Enszer and me. Come join us for a delightful evening of thought-provoking poetry and prose from Great Britain, Vermont, Maryland and Oakland, California.
Julie R. Enszer, a Maryland-based writer and lesbian activist, is published in “Iris: A Journal about Women,” “Room of One's Own,” “Long Shot,” the “Jewish Women's Literary Annual,” and the “Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly.” Her book, “Homesteading: Essays on Life, Death, Sex, and Liberation,” is forthcoming in winter 2008. For more on Julie, see http://www.JulieREnszer.com.
Merry Gangemi lives in Woodbury, VT, and is the host of Woman-Stirred Radio, a weekly queer cultural journal on WGDR 91.1 fm. Her work is published in the “Paterson Literary Review,” “Journal of NJ Poets,” “Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly,” the “Harrington Lesbian Literary Review,” “Vermont Woman,” and the “Hardwick Gazette.” She produces the annual Tea & Poetry series, a Vermont literary festival now in its sixth year. For more on Merry, see http://www.merrygangemi.org.
Nicki Hastie lives in Nottingham, England. She is a founding member of the Woman-Stirred blog. Her work is published in “Chroma,” “Diva,” “Trouble & Strife,” and also in critical anthologies relating to women's health, coming out stories, lesbian fiction, and representations of lesbians in popular culture. For more on Nicki, see http://www.nickihastie.demon.co.uk.
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 7 to 9 PM. Group Feature with the Women's Poetry Salon at Second Saturdays Prose and Poetry Reading, hosted by Jeanne Lupton at The Frank Bette Center for the Arts. Bring some poetry or prose of your own to share at the open mic. 1601 Paru Street at Lincoln Ave, Alameda, CA. 510-523-6957. Admission free, donations appreciated.
Readers will include:
Directions: Coming from the Webster St tunnel from Oakland stay on Webster, turn left on Lincoln. If you reach Grand Ave, you've gone one block too far. Coming from the south or north on 880 take the Fruitvale exit. After crossing the Fruitvale bridge you will be on Tilden way which will turn into Lincoln. Stay the course. Paru is one block beyond Grand. The center is a bright (very) Victorian on the corner.