Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution
Prize-winning editor/poet/performer Alix Olson will host an energetic evening of spoken word brilliance by the poets whose work she has collected in Word Warriors at Food For Thought Books. Artists taking the mic will include Northampton-based poet/performer/playwright Lenelle Moise and Karen Garrabrant.
The evening will open and close with DJ Chebba Dee spinning!
While performance poetry was male-dominated in its inception, in recent years, female spoken word artists have become some of the most popular voices nationwide. This demanding oral poetry of the early twenty-first century has defined a vanguard of lithely muscled voices--women who think and act decisively to create their distinctive and desperately earned realities. The combination of the eminent slam movement and the upsurge of bold, underground feminisms created a unique pool of women verbally challenging society on all fronts.
This event is free, open to the public.
For more information contact Food for Thought Books at (413) 253-5432 or Everywoman's Center at (413) 545-0883.
Directions & Parking
Food For Thought Books is located in downtown Amherst. Parking is available on both sides of the street, as well as in the parking lot behind CVS.