(Crossposted from over at inktea)
I thought I was going to breathe a huge sigh of relief, one week without any performances, but no. I'm just going quietly crazy, realizing all the stuff I need to get done before the events next week. Slam, slam, feature at the open mic, release party. I'd almost rather be in the thick of it, than stuck here in my brain. I've got all this Hamlet-overthinking-everything-just-get-on-with-it internal monologue going on, and we'd best deal with this quick or I'm going to stab a Polonius or drive some poor gal to drown herself.
On the up side- I'm really excited about the chapbook release- I'm not sure what all I'm going to read yet, or what order to put the performers in. But look at that line-up! Two national slam champs (possibly three), three women who bring really amazing and unique voices to the stage, the most Wonderous of Daves, and a guy who Wonder Dave has vouched for but I've never met nor read the poetry of (yay wild card!)
We'll be taking over the new Kieran's location, in their aptly named Poet's Corner. Donations accepted at the door, books will be available for sale with cash or check, for $12. The book is 44 pages long, and each poem has been illustrated by a different, talented artist from around the world- Minneapolis musician and theatre technician Dietrich Poppen, Michigan cartoonist and illustrator Meredith Rogers, L.A. illustrator and collage artist Aaron Edelson, Saint Paul set designer Andrea Heilman, and Chilean illustrator and web comic writer Juan Santapau are among the artists represented.
Look, if you want to come in from out of town, I will make sure you have a place to stay, and if you're an awesome poet/storyteller from out of town, I'll piss Wonder Dave off more by adding yet another performer to the lineup. Dave and I have the sort of relationship where we poke at each other's boundaries and try each other's patience, but eventually he just tells me what to do and I do it. It's why he's taking Laura Yes Yes to Mars and not me. Well, also, I'm afraid of heights.
Poet and spoken word organizer Cole "Inky" Sarar releases her first book of poetry, retelling, reinventing, and creating new fairytales and nursery rhymes. The book is 44 pages long, and each poem has been illustrated by a different, talented artist from around the world- Minneapolis musician and theatre technician Dietrich Poppen, Michigan cartoonist and illustrator Meredith Rogers, L.A. illustrator and collage artist Aaron Edelson, Saint Paul set designer Andrea Heilman, and Chilean illustrator and web comic writer Juan Santapau are among the artists represented. For those of you unable to get a book from me in person, I'll be making them available for sale online on April 9th, after the show, so I have a better idea what the turnaround time will be. I'll be selling through etsy.com, from my site:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/inktea
(They'll be $13 online to offset Etsy & Paypal's fees, plus $1 for shipping. In person, they're $12. If you want to send me a check, we'll forget about the offset dollar.)
for more information about my writing see:
http://inktea.com
for more information about the twin cities spoken word scene see:
http://minnesotamicrophone
I'll be going on tour this autumn, funded with a grant by the Minnesota State Arts Board- right now, the project is to tour the upper midwest (for very large and inaccurate definitions of "midwest"). If you'd like me to include your venue in the tour, give me the details (is it a slam/open mic? how often does it happen? etc.) in an email, and I'll make every attempt to fit you into the havoc. It's also written into the grant that I'd like to hit up colleges and high schools with my nerdiest poetry, so if you've got connections, let a girl know.
Feel free to pass this on to folks you think would enjoy my work, and remember I love you!