Other Words for Home: An LGBTQ+ Poetry Series
Check out this limited time poetry series!
LGBTQ+ people are always having to create new names: for self, for love, for home. This series featuring leading voices in LGBTQ+ literature explores what it means to make a home in words. Each show will feature a new celebration of queer poets.July will celebrate the 5-year anniversary of Pride Poets, who write poems for strangers at Pride; August will celebrate the first showcase of the award-winning West Hollywood Slam Team; and September will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of RENT Poet, the challenge curator and former West Hollywood Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace took to pay his rent through poetry.
July 26: Pride Poets 5-year Retrospective with members of the Pride Poets
August 16: Other Words for Home: West Hollywood Slam Team Showcase with poets Pastiche Queen, Tee, Missy Fuego, Nate Lovell, and Raul Herrera
September 13: RENT Poet 10-year Retrospective with director Linda Ravenswoo
Upcoming Dates
- Fri, Dec 13, 2024 8:00pm