Performed in NYC
“Such a story lives within the bodies of all men.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Performed in NYC
“I wonder, can you drink from me as joyfully as I drink from this man, this king, this font of bygone eras?”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Performed in NYC
“While all studies of the human psyche would suggest shame to be more harmful than fists, there are fists, still.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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“The breeders make their monsters out of anyone who dares to cross the space between the simple-minded genders they have sanctified, each a legend, and a prison, and a lie.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy.
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“Love had terrible rhythm on the dance floor, but made sure we never missed a slow song.”
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Performed in NYC
“The first protagonist in all recorded literary history, a man, makes love to men, and hey, guess what? He doesn’t die.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Performed in NYC
“Trust a stranger like the desperate do. In order to survive, pride banishes my guilt”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Performed in NYC
“We like to remember Stonewall because that’s the first time we took on the cops and won.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Desireé Dallagiacomo – Who We Are & Who We Come From
Sabrina Benaim – Feels Tripping
Sean Patrick Mulroy – Advanced Poetics for Queer Voices
Siaara Freeman – Series(ly) Speaking: The Alchemy of Turning One Idea Into Many
Rachel Wiley – One Poem Six Ways
Patrick Roche – Reclaiming and Reframing Your Narrative
Topaz Winters – Won’t You Celebrate With Me: The Power of Joy in Poetry
Blythe Baird – How To Bring Your Poetry to the Stage
Stevie Edwards – (Re)Writing the Politicized Body
Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Such A Vivrant Thing!
Ollie Schminkey – Odes and Elegies: Form Poems for This Century
Rudy Francisco – Getting Stitches
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