Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Marissa Prada, Bryan Franco, Edith Blackbird, Sat, March 30 at 2 pm ET
You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, March 30 for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features:
Marissa Prada
Bryan Franco
Edith Blackbird
Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.
Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.
Please follow these instructions:
Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO
(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)
Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:
Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.
Looking forward to seeing you at our February edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:AD
https://www.facebook.com/events/77312381...
Bios:
Marissa Prada turned to writing and spoken word as a method of healing. Marissa continues to write as a tool for managing anxiety, stress, and trauma, as well as an expression of love, independence, and sexuality. She has been published in many periodicals and anthologies around the world. Marissa is the founder of Read or Green Books and is the Co-Founder and Creative Director for The Word is Write on Facebook & Instagram; a platform that hosts open mics, slams & workshops almost every day of the week. Marissa is a founding member of the worldwide women’s poetry group, Tesoro.
Bryan Franco is a gay, Jewish poet from Brunswick, Maine. He competed with the Portland, Maine Rhythmic Cypher slam team in the 2014 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California. He has been published in the US, Australia, England, India, Ireland, and Scotland and has featured for poetry events in the US, England, Ireland, and Scotland. He was a finalist in the 2022 NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Poetry Contest. He hosts Café Generalissimo Open Mic, is a member of the Beardo Bards of the Bardo poetry troupe, painter, sculptor, gardener, and culinary genius. His book Everything I Think Is All in My Mind was published in 2021 by Read Or Green Books.
Edith Tapia“Blackbird” is a queer writer/poet/performer with a “Declamation Style” from Mexico. Now in the USA, Edith attends live events sharing her bilingual art. In 2020 she was featured in Austin Poetry Society’s annual anthology and performed at Malvern Books’ Lion and Pirate event, as well as the Waterfront Immersive Arts Festival. Edith was published in the SINEW: 10 Years of Poetry in The Brew anthology in 2021. She has also been interviewed on the Hearsay Poetry podcast. Edith is currently co-host of a monthly virtual open mic called Lenguas that promotes cultural diversity and art.