Sister Spit Book Reading
- When
- Thu Oct 25, 2012
- Where
- Pegasus Books
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Author Appearances
Description
Celebrate SISTER SPIT BOOK''s debut publication -SISTER SPIT: Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road
An Anthology Edited by Michelle Tea:
Featuring road favorites, brand new work and scandalous tour diaries!
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Pegasus Books Downtown / 2349 Shattuck Ave. / Berkeley
7:30pm / Free
With readings and art by ~
Cassie J Sneider - Art Show
Ali Liebegott - Cha-Ching!
Rhiannon Argo - I'm Not Lost, I Just Don't Know Where the Fuck I Am
Tamara Llosa-Sandor - Letter from Eugene
Kat Marie Yoas - Training for Priestesses
Hosted with an introduction by Michelle Tea
Sister Spit: Writings, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road
Edited by Michelle Tea
A collection of writing and artwork from the irreverent, flagrantly queer, hilariously feminist, tough-talking, genre-busting ruffians who have toured with the legendary Sister Spit. Co-founded in 1997 by award-winning writer Michelle Tea, Sister Spit is an underground cultural institution, a gender-bending writers' cabaret that brings a changing roster of both emerging writers and some of the most important queer and counterculture artists of the day to universities, art galleries, community spaces, and other venues across the country and worldwide.
Sister Spit: Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road captures the provocative, politicized, and risk-taking elements that characterize the Sister Spit aesthetic, stamping the raw energy and signature style of the live show onto the page. Bratty poets and failed priestesses, punk angst and tough love, too much to drink and tattooed timelines—this anthology captures it all in a collection of poetry, personal narrative, fiction, and artwork. Featuring a who's who of queer and queer-centric writers and artists, the collection functions as a travelogue, a historical document, and a yearbook from irreverent graduates of the school of hard knocks.
Eileen Myles * Beth Lisick * Michelle Tea * MariNaomi * Cristy Road * Ali Liebegott * Blake Nelson * Lenelle Moise * and Many More!
Praise for Sister Spit:
"Heartbreakingly beautiful writing; sometimes funny, sometimes shattering—always revolutionary. Truly amazing collection!"—Margaret Cho
"Sister Spit is like the underground railroad for burgeoning queer writers. Not only in the van, but in the audiences trapped in the hinterlands of America and looking to escape. Sister Spit saves lives."—Justin Vivian Bond, author of TANGO: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels
About Michelle Tea:
Michelle Tea is the author of four memoirs, a novel, a book of poetry and the young adult fantasy tale A Mermaid in Chelsea Creek. She has edited anthologies about class, fashion and literature, and is Editor of Sister Spit Books, a City Lights imprint. Michelle is founder and Executive Director of RADAR Productions, a literary non-profit that oversees the Sister Spit international performance tours, the monthly RADAR Reading Series, the annual Radar LAB Retreat, and other programs.
Reader Bios:
Cassie J. Sneider is the author of the life-changingly hilarious book Fine Fine Music. She shares a birthday with Ted Nugent, Steve Buscemi, and Beth Lisick. She toured with Sister Spit in 2012.
Ali Liebegott is the author of the award-winning books The Beautifully Worthless and The IHOP Papers. Her novel Cha-Ching! is forthcoming from City Lights/Sister Spit. In addition, she is the founding editor at Writers Among Artists whose first publication, Faggot Dinosaur, was released in 2012.
Rhiannon Argo is a writer of fiction and an expert of library sciences. Her first novel The Creamsickle won the Lambda Literary Award for best Lesbian Debut Fiction. She once toured with Sister Spit for two months straight across America and Europe, which gave her a mild case of scurvy, like a common pirate.
Tamara Llosa-Sandor is a former news reporter now exploring the murky terrain between memoir and fiction. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. Her first book, As Filipino As Fruitcake, may or may not be published by 2018.
Kat Marie Yoas is a writer, performer, improviser and singer living and loving in San Francisco. She has mined her short stories from her strange hometown in Michigan to Steel Magnolias to her working class roots to her workplace, the last remaining lesbian bar in the city. Kat Marie has performed these stories on stages across the US, the UK and Europe on her adventures with Sister Spit and has been published in several anthologies, chapbooks and zines.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.pegasusbookstore.com
- Call
- (510) 649-1320
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