Rushelle is coming in from Savannah & she's awesome! A personal favorite of mine, Rush rules.She's an excellent poet, organizer, barrista, host & human. Please come on out & connect with Rushelle.Another favorite of mine.
~kg
Rushelle Frazier is the host of Tongue, an open mic poetry show, in Savannah, Georgia. She is a member of the 2002 Worcester Adult Slam Team, and was co-coach of the 2004 Worcester Youth Slam Team. Rushelle was voted Best Female Poet at the 2006 Savannah Spoken Word Festival. She’s given readings and workshops at various schools and colleges across the East coast. This summer, she put out her fourth chapbook, Ballad of the Unreliable Narrator, and is polishing up another collection of poems for a chapbook this winter.

Cliterati Open No Mic, 3rd Thursdays, 7.30 FREEEEEE
Rush will be here for December 17th!

Join us at Charis for Cliterati & then we'll go explore Mondo Homo at Eyedrum!

Need a writing prompt?

How about
What grows for you in summertime?

Here's more on Thursday's show, which you don't want to miss.
Time: Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:30 p.m.
Location: Charis Books & More
Phone: 404-524-0304
Title of Event: Cliterati Open No-Mic Featuring Tara Bray

7:30-9:00pm. Charis & Cliterati pair up to present an inviting and fierce open mic & reading series on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Hosted by the anarchic spoken word team of Karen G and Theresa Davis, members of the Art Amok Slam Team, this series cultivates the voices of authors, novices and an assortment of poets, songstresses and story tellers. Cliterati is 8 years old and counting, open to all because ALL OPEN MOUTHS HAVE A VOICE. This month we are honored to feature a performance by award winning poet Tara Bray, who will read from her new book of poems, "Mistaken for Song." Formerly an Atlanta resident and Charis writers group participant, Tara currently resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Mistaken for Song
by Bray, Tara
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $12.60
Published: Persea Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days



Winner of Persea's 2008 Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize for American Women Poets.
The impetus of this harrowing debut lies in tragedy: "My father shook the gun to get the bullet out. / He was a careless man, but only once." Yet even amidst a constant ache, the poems in "Mistaken for Song" do not refuse solace. Instead, they find consolation, communion, and even joy in the untamed natural world, rendered at every turn by Tara Bray's pitch-perfect ear for heartbreaking music.

Cliterati on March 19th will be at Charis Books & More with Malika hosting.Theresa, Karen & Chauncey will be in Detroit, rocking the WOmen of the World Poetry Slam.Here at home, come on out to support Charis, Malika, Cliterati, and our fabulous feature for the month of W:
FREEDOM SPEAKS!
This month we are excited to feature
a reading by author & spoken word artist Freedom Speaks Diaspora. Freedom will read from her new novel,

Manjani,
a coming of age story about a young woman whose "revolutionary" friends
turn against her when they find out she's a lesbian. Freedom has also
had her writing published in several erotica anthologies.

Hi!

Cliterati will be honoring Audre Lorde Thursday, February 19th at Charis Books and More. We'll be reading some of our favorite Audre passages and poems, works inspired by her as well as poetry of empowerment and coming to voice.

Need a writing prompt? How about the phrase "poetry is not a luxury," what does that mean to you and what are the implications of poetry and art as not being luxuries, hobbies, frills, but necessary tools for survival? Also, what does it mean to be a Sister Outsider or an "outsider" and how does this inform writing as not a luxury?

Join us as we explore this and celebrate Audre Lorde's birthday!

Cliterati Open No-Mic Featuring Chauncey Beaty
AND Birthday Celebration for Audre Lorde
Thursday, February 19, 7:30-9:00pm at Charis. Free.
1189 Euclid Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30307
Tel:(404)524-0304
Fax:(404)522-6663
Charis, Cliterati, & ZAMI are teaming up to commemorate our favorite woman warrior, feminst icon Audre Lorde. We will honor her memory with an open mic and birthday party, and celebrate her legacy of writing as activism, because "poetry is not a luxury." You are invited to perform original work that is inspired by Audre's words or ideas, or to read your favorite pieces from the collected works of Audre Lorde. Come celebrate your inner warrior and help us honor Audre as the muse!

Within this theme, we are honored to feature a performance by award-winning slam poet Chauncey Beaty, who will be representing Atlanta's Art Amok slam team at the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam.