Women’s/Trans Poetry Jam Cancelled
This is to inform everyone (and) please pass it on) that, after 18 years, I will no longer be hosting the Women’s/Trans Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
Seems the event manager does not think that 1) I do not include enough trans people and people of color 2) I should ask people who look like men if they are trans or not and 3) that I too aggressive w/ my voice.
I’ve had numerous trans and persons of color read as features
FYI I ask if someone is trans it is to stop “cis men” from invading a safe space specially for women and trans. If the person says “yes, they are trans”; I accept it without further question.
And yea, I’m Italian American, I have a “loud” voice.
Anyway I’ll be looking for a new place…somewhere in downtown Manhattan, (not Tues or the weekend.)..
Thanks for listening and for the pleasure of your words
Sincerely
Vittoria repetto
Thurs 9/27 Maureen Brady & Patricia Carragon Read at Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
Thurs Sept 27th 7pm – 9pm
Feature Writers: Maureen Brady & Patricia Carragon
In Maureen Brady’s new novel Getaway: After stabbing her abusive husband and leaving him dying on the kitchen floor, Cookie Wagner flees to remote Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and, for a moment, she seems to have gotten away with murder. But, consigned to a secretive life with a new name and the need to be on constant alert, she faces all she has not gotten away with.
Patricia Carragon writes about how screwed up the world is getting and sometimes sticks a cat into the plot. She is currently using music as inspiration for poems and writes plenty of prose and haiku.
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
This series, started in 1999, is hosted by Vittoria repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the lower east side.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St.
(between Staton & Rivington)
1 1/2 blocks south from E.Houston
NYC
212-777-6028
info@bluestockings.com
Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south downtown
Thurs 7/26 Miriam Stanley & Tsaurah Litzky Read at Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike for Women & Trans’
Thurs July 26th 7pm – 9pm
Feature Writers: Miriam Stanley & Tsaurah Litzky
Miriam Stanley is a NYC based poet who writes about how her childhood and ethnic background affects intimate relationships and her relationship with the world. Writer is best known for her poems on family and global issues.
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
This series, started in 1999, is hosted by Vittoria repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the lower east side.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St.
(between Staton & Rivington)
1 1/2 blocks south from E.Houston
NYC
212-777-6028
info@bluestockings.com
Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south down
Thurs 6/28 Leah Umansky & Joy Ladin Read at Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike for Women & Trans’
Thurs June 28th 7pm – 9pm
Feature Writers: Leah Umansky & Joy Ladin
Leah Umansky’s themes are gender, power, love, pop culture, hope, and dystopia.
Joy Ladin writes about about trans experience, America, illness, and love, among other subjects.
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
This series, started in 1999, is hosted by Vittoria repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the lower east side.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St.
(between Staton & Rivington)
1 1/2 blocks south from E.Houston
NYC
212-777-6028
info@bluestockings.com
Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south down
Thurs 5/31 Stephanie Schroeder & Elizabeth Morse Read at Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike for Women & Trans’
Thurs May 31st 7pm – 9pm
Feature Writers: Stephanie Schroeder & Elizabeth Morse
Stephanie Schroeder writes about mental illness, the intersection of mental health and LGBTQ identity, and topics in architecture and design from a feminist perspective. The anthology she co-edited, HEADCASE: LGBTQ Artists and Writers on Mental Health and Wellness, will be published by Oxford University in Feb. 2019
Elizabeth Morse writes about the mother-daughter bond as well as other dangers. Her poetry and monologues visit the lives of women coping with the descent of time.
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
This series, started in 1999, is hosted by Vittoria repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the lower east side.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St.
(between Staton & Rivington)
1 1/2 blocks south from E.Houston
NYC
212-777-6028
info@bluestockings.com
Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south down Allen St. (aka. 1st Ave) 1 ½ blocks to the store
Thurs 4/26 Reading of the anthology Women of Eve’s Garden at at Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
The poetry anthology Women’s of Eve’s Garden consists of 10 multicultural female and non binary poets along with one incredible female artist. This collection stands to promote multicultural female and non binary artistry. It is to empower women and non binary artists to come together and make their voices heard. In the collection you will find the vivid observations of ‘me too’ incidents,experiences of heterosexual male perversions and expectations imposed on women, love, digestions of our current political situations, LGBTQ relationships as well as expressions about the multicultural woman living within a predominately white male influenced culture.
We will have 4 of the 10 poets: Luciann Berrios, Nancy Mercado, Kessina Cheriza, and Dara Kalima.
Lucian Berrios’ work within the book speaks about being an American born Puerto Rican and the attachment to Puerto Rico through her elders born there, being a native New Yorker in a time of gentrification, the sexual exploitation and reduction of women and mother Earth, thoughts on religion and her Catholic upbringing and love/self love.
Nancy Mercado states that “Poetry is to document life in all of its beauty and horror.”
The themes in Kessina Cheriza’s poems range from childhood memories, her fascination with the intricate beauty of nature, the complexity of love and heartbreak, as well as exploring death and mourning. These themes were cultivated through direct personal experiences. Her scars are woven into the lines of her poetry, and she’s excited to share that with the world, because she has turned the bad and the ugly into something beautiful.
Dara Kalima is a loud and proud Bronx resident. As an artist, Dara believes in addressing the difficult and taboo topics to create discussion, promote healing, and encourage critical thought. She is author of poetry books Black Man, Black Woman, Black Child and Casualty of Love.
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
This series, started in 1999, is hosted by Vittoria repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the lower east side.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St.
(between Staton & Rivington)
1 1/2 blocks south from E.Houston
NYC
212-777-6028
info@bluestockings.com
Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south down Allen St. (aka. 1st Ave) 1 ½ blocks to the store
Thurs 3/22 Deirdre Sinnott & Deborah Hauser Read at Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike for Women & Trans’
Thurs March 22nd 7pm – 9pm
Feature Writers: Deirde Sinnott & Deborah Hauser
Deirdre Sinnott, author and activist, will be reading from her novel: The Third Mrs. Galway. Set in 1835, at the time of the infamous Utica Anti-Abolition Riot, Sinnott’s book tells the story of a young bride, suddenly confronted with the era’s biggest questions about slavery and racism and the hard choices she must make to survive.
Deborah Hauser writes about “the woman’s question”, ennui, and how to survive “happily ever after.” She is working on a collection of alliterative alphabet poems titled “Now I Know.”
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
This series, started in 1999, is hosted by Vittoria repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the lower east side.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St.
(between Staton & Rivington)
1 1/2 blocks south from E.Houston
NYC
212-777-6028
info@bluestockings.com
Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south down Allen St. (aka. 1st Ave) 1 ½ blocks to the store
Please Help Me Save My Family Home in Italy
https://www.gofundme.com/saving-my-retirement-home
Hello!
Many of you know me from years of my volunteering in the Italian American community, the LGBT community and the poetry/creative community.
As some of you may know, I inherited a small house in my father’s town in Italy which one day, I planned to retire to years from now. For years, I paid the taxes on the house by renting it out to vacationers. However my cousin, who once helped me out by making sure the house was ready for the renters, has had a heart attack and no longer is able to help me.
Adding to the problem are extra personal and vet bills which I had to put on my credit card and a loss of monies on my online store, due to someone using a stolen credit card.
The property taxes and the extra bills has forced me to take money out of my small retirement account. If this continues, I’ll be out of savings in a few years. And I’ll have to sell it in orer to survive my retirement.
So I’m asking for $8,000 to help pay for my property taxes for next 2 years until I can apply for a Italian citizenship which will reduce my taxes.
I’d be very grateful for your help and if you help, I will welcome you with open arms if you come to visit me either when I retire to my house or if you show up when I’m on vacation there before retirement.
Please go to the following gofundme page to donate : https://www.gofundme.com/saving-my-retirement-home
Just let me know! I have a extra bedroom. And it would be great to hang out with you as we eat great food and relax.
The house is located in the town of Framura in the region of Liguria, 3 train stops from the famous CinqueTerre towns
Thurs 2/22 – HD Artemis & Clare Ultimo Read at Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings
Women’s & Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike for Women & Trans’
Thurs Feb 22nd 7pm – 9pm
Feature Writers: HD Artemis & Clare Ultimo
HD Artemis writes from the shattered places. When something smashes into her feeling aspect, her psyche, she start there. She often revisits the scene of the crime after the cameras cease to click, the mudslide takes out half the town, the dandelion buckles the sidewalk. For inspirations, she looks into the refractions of broken glass, follow the tumbleweed, watch the crows who pick the bones. If she can work in an archetypal metaphor or mythological creature, so much the better.
Clare Ultimo is an artist, designer and educator who was born and still lives in Brooklyn. Currently, she writes about breaking the rules in a politically correct world.
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
This series, started in 1999, is hosted by Vittoria repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the lower east side.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St.
(between Staton & Rivington)
1 1/2 blocks south from E.Houston
NYC
212-777-6028
info@bluestockings.com
Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south down Allen St. (aka. 1st Ave) 1 ½ blocks to the store
